Liese (first name)

Liese or Lise is a female given name.

Origin and meaning

Liese is a short form of the name Elisabeth .

Name bearers

Liese

• Liese Prokop (born Liese Sykora; 1941-2006), Austrian athlete and politician (ÖVP) and Minister of the Interior

Lise

• Lise Christoffersen (* 1955), Norwegian politician
• Lise Darly (actually Elise Granier; * 1981 in Nice), French singer
• Lise Davidsen (* 1987), Norwegian opera singer (soprano)
• Lise Delamare (1913-2006), French actress
• Lise Girardin (1921-2010), Swiss politician (FDP)
• Lise London (1916–2012), French communist and member of the Resistance
• Lise Meitner (1878–1968), Austro-Swedish nuclear physicist
• Lise Marie Meloche (* 1960), Canadian kayaker, cross-country skier and biathlete
• Lise Myhre (* 1975), Norwegian cartoonist
• Lise de la Salle (* 1988), French pianist
• Lise Thibault (* 1939), Canadian journalist and Vice-Governor of the Province of Québec