# Elisa (given name)

Elisa is both a feminine and masculine given name. It is of Phoenician origin. According to legend, the first queen of Carthage was Elissa (also known as Dido). Another opinion is that it is a shortened form of Elisabeth, a variant of the Biblical name Elizabeth or that it is a shortened version of Elisha or Eliseus. For other uses, see Elisa (disambiguation).
Closely related names include Elissa, Eliza, Lisa, Elsa, Elisha, and the French form Élise.

## People with the name

* Elisa (Japanese singer) (born 1989), Japanese singer and model
* Elisa (Italian singer) (Elisa Toffoli, born 1977), Italian singer and songwriter
* Subcomandante Elisa (born 1955), Zapatista activist
* Elisa Aaltola (born 1978), Finnish philosopher
* Elisa Albert (born 1978), American author
* Elisa Badenes, Spanish ballet dancer
* Elisa Balsamo (born 1998), Italian cyclist
* Elisa Berroeta, Chilean wood engraver, illustrator
* Élisa Bonaparte (1777–1820), sister of Napoleon
* Elisa Carrillo Cabrera (born 1981), Mexican ballet dancer
* Elisa Carrió (born 1956), Argentine lawyer, professor, and politician
* Elisa Christy (born 1917), Mexican actress and dancer
* Elisa Di Francisca (born 1982), Italian fencer
* Elisa Donovan (born 1971), American actress
* Lisvel Elisa Eve (born 1991), Dominican Republic volleyball player
* Elisa Fiorillo (born 1969), American singer
* Elisa Gabrielli, American actress and comedian
* Élisa Garnerin (1791–1853), French balloonist and parachutist
* Elisa Georgiou (born 1994), Greek Cypriot model
* Elisa Hämmerle (born 1995), Austrian artistic gymnast
* Elisa Holopainen (born 2001), Finnish ice hockey player
* Elisa Iorio (born 2003), Italian artistic gymnast
* Elisa Izquierdo (1989–1995), American murder victim
* Elisa Jimenez (born 1963), American fashion designer and Project Runway contestant
* Elisa Kadigia Bove (born 1943), Italian-Somali actress
* Elisa Lam (1991–2013), a Canadian student whose death at the Cecil Hotel attracted wide attention
* Elisa Lindström, Swedish singer
* Elisa Loncón (born 1963), Mapuche linguist and indigenous rights activist
* Élisa Martin (born 1972), French politician
* Elisa Miller (born 1982), Mexican film director, writer, and producer
* Elisa Montessori (born 1931), Italian painter
* Elisa Mújica (1918–2003), Colombian writer
* Elisa New (born 1958), American academic
* Elisa Oricchio (born 1979), Italian cancer researcher and associate professor
* Elisa Pritzker (born 1955), Argentine-American artist
* Elisa Quintana (born 1973), American astronomer
* Elisa Radziwill (1803–1834), Polish aristocrat
* Elisa Riedo, nanotechnologist
* Elisa Roner (born 2001), Italian archer
* Elisa Servenius (fl. 1809), Swedish soldier
* Elisa Silva (born 1999), Portuguese singer
* Elisa Siragusa (born 1986), Italian politician
* Elisa Togut (born 1978), Italian volleyball player
* Elisa Valero, Spanish architect and professor
* Elisa Volpatto (born 1986), Brazilian television and film actress
* Elisa Yukie Yokoyama (born 1997), Singaporean sailor
* Elisa Zamacois (1838–1915), Spanish singer and actress
* Elisa Zulueta (born 1984), Chilean television and film actress

### Fictional characters with the name

* Elisa Maza in the Disney animated series Gargoyles
* Elisa, a child psychic from Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.
* Lucero-Elisa de Riqueza, protagonist of the "Fire and Thorns" trilogy, by Rae Carson.