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 [ 3 syll. e-li-sa, el-isa ] The boy name Elisa is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is ahLIYSah or ahLIYZah KEY. Elisa is used chiefly in the German language and its origin is Hebrew. Elisa is a variant of the name Elisha (English and Hebrew). Elisa is a rarely used baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly linked to Elisa, Elisha (English and Hebrew) was the most popular. In the past century Elisa has mostly been a girl name. Baby names that sound like Elisa include Elias (English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Czech, Dutch, Spanish, and Yiddish), Eliasz (Polish), Elías (Spanish), Aiolos (Greek), Alechjo (Esperanto), Alekko (Slavic), Aleko (Slavic), Alekos (Greek), Aleksei (Russian), Aleksey (Russian), Aleksi (Finnish), Aleksy (Polish), Alesi (Spanish), Alesis (Spanish), Alexei (Russian), Alexej (Czech and Russian), Alexio (Portuguese), Alexis (English and German), Aljoscha (Russian), and Aljosha (Russian). KEY: English 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)"   |
