Lisa (given name)

Lisa (given name)
The given name Lisa can be a short form of Elisabeth, Melissa or Elizabeth. In the United Kingdom, the name Lisa began to gain popularity during the 1960s, by 1974 it was the fifth most popular female name there, and a decade later it was the 14th most popular female name there. However, by 1996 it had fallen out of the top 100. Similarly, in the US it was the most popular female name for most of the 1960s and in the top 10 through most of the 1970s before falling.
Notable people with the given name Lisa
Lisa (French musician) (born 1997, Lisa Gautier, French singer performing as "Lisa")
Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974) stylized "LISA", Elizabeth Sakura Narita, member of the Japanese hip-hop group m-flo
Lisa Allen (born 1981), British chef
Lisa Ambalavanar, English actress
Anna Lisa Andersson (1873–1958), Swedish reporter
Lisa Ann (born 1972), American radio host
Lisa Arce (born 1969), beach volleyball player
Lisa Aukland (born 1958), American bodybuilder and powerlifter
Lisa Aziz (born 1962), British television presenter
Lisa Banes (1955–2021), American actress
Lisa Barlow (born 1974), American television personality and businesswoman
Lisa Barros D'Sa, British director and actress
Lisa Bodnar, American nutritional and perinatal epidemiologist
Lisa Bonet (born 1967), American actress
Maja-Lisa Borgman (1750–1791), Swedish coffee house owner
Lisa Bowman (born 1988), Irish netball player
Lisa Brennan-Jobs (born 1978), American author and daughter of Steve Jobs
Lisa Coleman (musician), American musician and composer, member of The Revolution
Lisa Cross (born 1978), British bodybuilder
Lisa Curry-Kenny (born 1962), Australian swimmer
Lisa D'Amato (born 1980), model and contestant in America's Next Top Model
Lisa Dahlkvist (born 1987), Swedish football player
Lisa Ekdahl (born 1971), Swedish singer
Lisa Eldridge (born 1974), British make-up artist
Lisa Erlandsdotter (1774–1854), Swedish artist
Lisa Evans (born 1992), Scottish footballer
Lisa Anne Fletcher (1844–1905), American poet and correspondent
Lisa Foiles (born 1986), American actress
Lisa Ann French (1964–1973), American murder victim
Lisa Fuillerat (died 2017), American murder victim
Lisa Germano (born 1958), American singer/songwriter
Lisa Gherardini (1479–1542), namesake and possible model for the Mona Lisa
Lisa Gleave (born 1976), Australian actress and model
Lisa Hannigan (born 1981), Irish singer-songwriter
Lisa M. Hansen, American producer, actress, director, and writer
Lisa Harriton, American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and sound designer
Lisa Heller, American singer, songwriter and philanthropist
Lisa Hilton (born 1974), British author
Lisa Höpink (born 1998), German swimmer
Lisa Linn Kanae, Hawaiian professor
Lisa Kehler (born 1967), English race walker
Lisa Kelly (trucker) (born 1980), American trucker
Lisa Kelly (born 1977), Irish classical singer
Lisa Kudrow (born 1963), American actress
Lisa Lambe (born 1983), Irish singer and performer
Lisa Lampanelli (born 1961), American comedian
Lisa Lavie (born 1983), Canadian singer-songwriter
Lisa Leslie (born 1972, American basketball player
Lisa Ling (born 1973), American journalist
Lisa Loeb (born 1968), pop singer/songwriter
Lisa Lopes (1971–2002), American rapper, songwriter, and former member of TLC
Lisa Lopez, Tejano singer
Lisa Loring (1958–2023), American actress
Lisa Lucas (born 1961), American actress and journalist
Lisa Mainiero (born 1957), American writer and management professor
Lisa Manoban (born 1997), stage name Lisa, Thai singer, rapper, dancer, and member of South Korean group BLACKPINK
Lisa Martin (disambiguation), multiple people
Lisa Marx (born 1981), American guitarist and member of Kittie
Lisa McPherson (1959–1995), Scientologist
Lisa McCune (born 1971), Australian actress
Lisa Middelhauve (born 1980), German singer
Lisa Mirabello, American medical geneticist
Lisa Mitchell (born 1990), Australian musician
Ivory (wrestler) née Lisa Moretti (born 1961), American wrestler
Lisa Nandy (born 1979), British politician and Labour MP for Wigan in House of Commons
Lisa Niemi (born 1956), American actress, widow of Patrick Swayze
Lisa Nowak (born 1963), American astronaut; arrested for attempted kidnap and attempted murder
Lisa Origliasso (born 1984), Australian musician, member of The Veronicas
Lisa Osofsky, British/American lawyer
Lisa Parks (born 1967), American media scholar
Lisa Powell (born 1970), Australian field hockey player
Lisa Marie Presley (1968–2023), American singer, daughter of Elvis Presley
Lisa Randall (born 1962), American theoretical physicist
Lisa Ray (born 1972), Canadian actress
Lisa Raymond (born 1973), American tennis player
Lisa Rinna (born 1963), American actress
Lisa Robin Kelly (1970–2013), American actress
Lisa Rubin (born 1977), Canadian theatre director
Lisa Scott-Lee (born 1975), British singer, member of Steps
Lisa Selesner, known as Lisa S. (born 1978), American international model, actress and veejay
Lisa Simes (born 1976), Canadian artistic gymnast
Lisa Marie (actress) née Lisa Marie Smith (born 1968), American model and actress
Lisa Solberg, American artist
Lisa Stansfield (born 1966), British singer
Lisa Steier (1888–1928), Swedish ballerina
Lisa Stokke (born 1975), Norwegian actress and singer
Lisa Su (born 1969), Taiwanese-American executive, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices
Lisa Tucker (singer) (born 1989), American singer
Lisa Vanderpump (born 1960), American television personality and businesswoman
Lisa Marie Varon (born 1971), American bodybuilder, fitness competitor, and wrestler
Lisa Velez (born 1966), singer, better known as Lisa Lisa
Lisa Wallace, Big Brother 2009 contestant
Lisa Walton (born 1975), New Zealand field hockey player
Lisa Welander (1909–2001), Swedish neurologist
Lisa Wilcox (born 1964), American actress
Lisa Willner, American politician
Lisa Wooding (born 1979), English field hockey player
Lisa Mantler (born 2002), German social media person, (from Lisa and Lena)
List of names starting with Lisa
Fictional characters
Lisa, a character in the film 1978 pornographic movie Debbie Does Dallas
Lisa, a character in the 1981 American slasher movie The Prowler
Lisa, a character in the television show Home Improvement
Lisa, a character in the 2005 American science fiction adventure Zathura: A Space Adventure
Lisa, a character played by Nicole Eggert in the 2008 Television movie A Christmas Proposal
Lisa, a character in the movie 2009 American comedy film The Hangover
Lisa Asparagus, a character and Junior's mom in the video series VeggieTales
Lisa Burnett, founder and President of SPS
Lisa (1990 film), a 1990 film starring Cheryl Ladd, featuring a character named Lisa
Lisa (2001 film), a 2001 film starring Marion Cotillard, featuring a character named Lisa
Lisa, mythical girlfriend of the Internet Oracle
Lisa, portrayed by Juliette Danielle, the female lead in Tommy Wiseau's film The Room
Lisa in the film Weird Science
Lisa, one of the protagonists of the book series featuring Gaspard and Lisa
Lisa Armstrong, the titular character of the video game Lisa: The Painful
Lisa Braeden, a character in the television series Supernatural
Lisa Cuddy, a character in House M.D.
Lisa Dingle, a character in the popular British soap opera Emmerdale
Lisa Douglas, the socialite wife of Oliver Wendell Douglas in the 1960s sitcom Green Acres
Lisa Fortier, a fictional voodoo priestess portrayed by Pam Grier in the blaxploitation film Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
Lisa Carol Fremont, a character played by Grace Kelly in Alfred Hitchcock's film Rear Window (1954)
Lisa Hayes, a character in the American television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes
Lisa Hayes, a main character in the Robotech television series
Lisa Heffenbacher, a character from the TV series The Electric Company
Lisa Garland, a character in the video game franchise Silent Hill
Lisa Grimaldi, a character in the soap opera As the World Turns
Lisa Haglund, a character of the Bert Diaries novels series
Lisa Hamilton, a character in the Dead or Alive video game series
Lisa Kramer, a character in the 2004 American romantic comedy movie Along Came Polly
Lisa Landry, a character from the American sitcom Sister, Sister
Lisa Loud from The Loud House
Lisa McDowell, a character in the 1988 American romantic comedy film Coming to America
Lisa Minci, a playable Electro character in the video game Genshin Impact
Lisa Nelson, the main character in the 1975 novel The Girl Who Owned a City
Lisa Niles, a character in the American soap opera General Hospital
Lisa Rowe, a charismatic sociopath portrayed by Angelina Jolie in the film Girl, Interrupted
Lisa Simpson, a character in the TV Show The Simpsons; she is the daughter of Homer and Marge Simpson
Lisa Snart, a DC Comics supervillainess known as Golden Glider
Lisa Yadomaru, a vizard and former lieutenant, later captain in manga Bleach
Lisa Tepes, wife of Count Dracula and mother of Alucard in both the video game and animated series Castlevania
Lisa Trevor, a character in the horror survival series games "Resident Evil"
Lisa Turtle, a character in the teen show Saved by the Bell
Lisa Watmough, a character in Robert Swindells's book Room 13
Lisa Wilbourn, a character in the novel Worm (web serial)
Princess Lisa, a character in Tolstoy's book War and Peace
See also
Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host
Liisa (given name)
Lisa (disambiguation)
Lisa (surname)
Lyssa Chapman, American bounty hunter
Lessa (surname)
References
Feminine given names