Lisa (given name)
Lisa (also: Liesa ) is a short form of the female given name Elizabeth. The name is also commonly used as an independent baptismal name. Today, it is usually chosen in the more modern form without the "e ".
The name does not belong to Lisa as Elisabeth the biblical Hebrew, but the German culture. Likewise, such as Denise, Julia, Nadine and Nicole also the first name Lisa is of Roman origin. The name arose from a tendency that occurs since the 18th century. Name spread not only known control and role models, but often only for the sound, which is perceived as a chic, modern, exotic or in any other way than "beautiful".
The first name Lisa was especially popular in the 1920s. In 1924, for example, the name was ranked 25 (Elisabeth: 12th place). From 1950 to 1980, however, not many girls were named Lisa. Since the 1980s, this feminine first name but again plays a major role in the German name charts. In 1988, the name of the statistic registry office lists in the Federal Republic of Germany had the name Lisa on rank 9 of the 10 most popular first name. Lisa was Germany's most popular first name in the years 1991 and 1993 and was in the years between 1989 and 2002 to the 10 most popular names in Germany. From the 1990s to 2001, Lisa was one of the leaders in Germany. In 2009, Lisa was on place 26 (Elisabeth: Place 91) to find.
Name-day
All names days of Elisabeth also apply to Lisa, a list can be found at St. Elizabeth.
Famous names winners
Lisa
- Lisa Adler (born 1962 ), German actress and coach for drama
- Lisa Altenpohl (* 1985), German actress
- Lisa Antoni, (* 1981), Austrian musical actress
- Lisa Bonet (born 1967 ), American actress
- Lisa Bund, (* 1988), German pop singer
- Lisa del Bo, ( b. 1961 ), Belgian singer
- Lisa della Casa, (1919-2012), former Swiss soprano
- Lisa Edelstein ( born 1967), American actress
- Lisa Ekdahl (born 1971 ), Swedish jazz - pop singer
- Lisa Fitz, (* 1951), German cabaret artist, actress and singer
- Lisa Gerrard ( born 1961 ), an Australian musician, composer and singer.
- Lisa del Giocondo (1479-1542), Florentine merchant 's wife
- Lisa Kelly, singer
- Lisa Kudrow ( born 1963 ), American actress
- Lisa Nicole Lopes (1971-2002), singer
- Lisa Madigan (born 1966 ), American politician
- Lisa Middelhauve, singer of the band Xandria
- Liza Minnelli, ( born 1946 ), American actress and singer
- Lisa Mössinger (* 1990), German handball player
- Lisa Nowak ( born 1963 ), former U.S. astronaut
- Lisa Otto (1919-2013), German opera singer
- Lisa Rani Ray, (born 1972 ), Canadian actress
- Lisa Rank ( * 1984), German writer and journalist
- Lisa Riecken, (* 1949), German actress
- Lisa Spickschen, (* 1983), German actress
- Lisa Stansfield (born 1966 ), British singer and actress
- Lisa Tetzner (1894-1963), German children's author and storyteller
Lisa Maria / Lisa Marie
- Lisa Maria Potthoff, (* 1978), German actress
- Lisa Marie Presley ( born 1968 ), American singer, daughter of Elvis Presley
- Lisa Marie Varon ( born 1971 ), American professional wrestler
- Lisa -Marie Woods ( born 1984 ), Norwegian football player
Famous Figures
- The Lisa in Lehar's operetta " The Land of Smiles "
- Lisa Simpson ( figure from The Simpsons )
- Lisa Cuddy ( figure from Dr. House)
Children's Books with Lisa as the main character
- The Struwwelliese. about 1890 by Dr. Julius Lüthje, 1950-1965 by Charly Greifoner and Cecily Schmitt Teichmann
- My magical Moon Pony Luna Bella. by Edith Thabet and Ana -Maria Weller, ISBN 978-3-7607-1655-8
- Jan and Lisa. An educational book for children and their parents, Beltz Verlag
- LISA The little unicorn. by Julie Kagawa