| The girl name Jalisa [ syll. ja-li-sa, jal-isa ] is pronounced as JHahLIYSah KEY. Jalisa is used mostly in the English language and it is of Hebrew origin. Jalisa's meaning is God's promise. An original form of Jalisa is the Hebrew Elisheva. Jalisa is unusual as a baby name for girls. Its usage peaked modestly in 1989 with 0.030% of baby girls being given the name Jalisa. It ranked at #419 then. The baby name has since dropped out of favor, and is currently used on a very light scale. Among all girl names in its group, Jalisa was nonetheless the most popular in 2007. Baby names that sound like Jalisa include the German Julica, the English Julissa, and the Hungarian Jelka. KEY: approx pronunciation for Jalisa: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; 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)"
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