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 [ 3 syll. e-li-sa, el-isa ] The girl name Elisa is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is far more popular. It is pronounced ahLIYSah or ahLIYZah KEY. Elisa's language of origin is Hebrew. It is predominantly used in English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Elisa is a form of the English Elizabeth in the English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. Elisa is also a form of the Portuguese, Provençal, Spanish, English, French, and German Isabel in the Spanish language. Elisa is also a short form of the Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, and Scandinavian Elisabeth in the English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. Elisa is an all-time favorite. At present it is still a rather popular baby girl name, but not as much as it was before. The name grew in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1980s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1981, 0.043% of baby girls were named Elisa. It was #312 in rank then. The baby name has dropped in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #622 with a usage of 0.024%. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Elisa, the English Elizabeth was the most frequently used. It was 24 times more regularly used than Elisa in 2008. In the last century Elisa has primarily been a girl name. Baby names that sound like Elisa include the English and Hebrew Aleeza, the Finnish Aliisa, the English Alysa, the name Olisa, the Romanian Elica, the English Elicia, the Romanian, English, Hungarian, and Polish Eliza, the English Alaisa, the name Alaqua, the English Alaska, the English Alecia, the Greek and Spanish Aleka, the Slavic Alekko, the Russian and Slavic Aleksey, the Slavic Aleksi, the Russian and English Alesha, the English Aleshia, the Polish Aleska, the Italian Alessa, and the Hawaiian Aletia. KEY: Pronunciation for Elisa: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
