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Talisa - Meaning of the name

[ syll. ta-li-sa, tal-isa ] The girl name Talisa is pronounced as TAELIYSah †. Talisa is used mostly in the English language and its language of origin is also English. The name has been coined recently, under the influence of Lisa. It is common among Afro-Americans. The name Talicia, the Iroquoian Talise, the English Talisha, and the name Telisa are variant forms of the name. Another form of Talisa is the English variant spelling Talissa. See also the related form, the Albanian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Scandinavian Lisa.

Talisa is an unusual baby girl name. It is not ranked within the top 1000. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly linked to Talisa, Lisa was the most commonly used.

Baby names that sound like Talisa include the name Talasi, the name Talicia, the English Talisha, the English Talissa, the name Telisa, the Greek Thalassa, the Iroquoian Talise, the name Tallis, the name Talliss, the name Tallys, the Indian Tulsi, and the name Talles.

 



† approx pronunciation for Talisa: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.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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