Lisa (first name)

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Lisa (also: Liesa ) is a short form of the female first name Elisabeth . The name is also used as an independent baptismal name. Today it is usually chosen in the more modern form without an E.

The name Lisa does not belong to the biblical-Hebrew, like Elisabeth , but to the German culture. Just like z. B. Denise , Julia and Nicole , the first name Lisa is also of Romance origin. The name originated from a tendency that has appeared since the 18th century. First names spread not only according to well-known models and models, but often exclusively according to the sound that is perceived as chic, modern, exotic or in some other way as "beautiful".

The first name Lisa was particularly popular in the 1920s. In 1924, for example, the name was in 25th place (Elisabeth: 12th place). the most popular names for newborns. From 1950 to 1980, however, few girls were called Lisa . Since the 1980s, this female first name has played a major role again in the German name hit parades. In 1988, the first name statistics of the registry office lists in the Federal Republic of Germany showed the name Lisa in 9th place of the 10 most popular first names. Lisa was Germany's most popular first name in 1991 and 1993 and was one of the 10 most popular first names in Germany between 1989 and 2002. From the 1990s to 2001 Lisa was one of the front runners in Germany. In 2009 Lisa was in 26th place (Elisabeth: 91st place).

name day

All Elisabeth's name days also apply to Lisa, a list can be found under Saint Elisabeth .

Well-known namesake

Lisa

Well-known characters

Children's books with Lisa as the main character

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elke Gerr: The large first name book. Humboldt-Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-581-66505-X
  2. ↑ Ernst J. Kleinschuster: The great Ullstein book of first names. Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. / Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-548-35314-2 .
  3. ↑ a b Lisa. on: Popular-vornamen.de
  4. ↑ The most popular first names of the year 1924. on: Popular-vornamen.de
  5. ↑ Dr. W. Seibicke for The Language Service. 33rd volume, issue 2/1989.
  6. ↑ First names in the 1990s. on: Popular-vornamen.de
  7. ↑ The large first name dictionary. Dudenverlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-06083-2 .
  8. ↑ German first name statistics 2009 - TOP 500. evaluated from approx. 19% of all babies born in 2009.