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Liisa

“my God is an oath”

feminineLatin script

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Swedish

Origin: Not established
3 language contexts: Danish Estonian Finnish
Follow the evidence: 9 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Liisa

Liisa is a feminine given name documented in Danish, Estonian and Finnish. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. It is a form of Elisabet, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “my God is an oath”.

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “my God is an oath”

A vernacular form of Elisabet.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: ElisabetCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Liisa is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Liisa’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 1995: 5 girls (rank 13386).

Explore United States

4 of 6 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Liisa

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1995: 5; applications; Rank #13,386
Peak year: 1962; 28 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Liisa in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	5	5,244	observed
1950	5	5,301	observed
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	5	5,563	observed
1953	10	3,687	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	5	5,828	observed
1956	14	3,186	observed
1957	6	5,377	observed
1958	13	3,379	observed
1959	11	3,827	observed
1960	13	3,512	observed
1961	15	3,318	observed
1962	28	2,264	observed
1963	25	2,424	observed
1964	18	3,000	observed
1965	12	3,733	observed
1966	16	3,148	observed
1967	10	4,300	observed
1968	18	3,057	observed
1969	18	3,199	observed
1970	14	4,038	observed
1971	21	3,166	observed
1972	14	4,091	observed
1973	8	6,080	observed
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	8	6,484	observed
1976	12	4,905	observed
1977	11	5,532	observed
1978	12	5,214	observed
1979	14	4,842	observed
1980	12	5,544	observed
1981	9	6,804	observed
1982	5	10,517	observed
1983	6	9,015	observed
1984	8	7,398	observed
1985	6	9,307	observed
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	7	8,778	observed
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	8	8,761	observed
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	5	13,386	observed
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Liisa” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Liisa Suihkonen
1943–2025
Finnish cross-country skier (1943–2025)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Liisa with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q14309921CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: ElisabetCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Liisa.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Liisa

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “my God is an oath”

A vernacular form of Elisabet.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: ElisabetCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Liisa is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Liisa’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 1995: 5 girls (rank 13386).

Explore United States

4 of 6 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Liisa

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1995: 5; applications; Rank #13,386
Peak year: 1962; 28 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Liisa in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	5	5,244	observed
1950	5	5,301	observed
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	5	5,563	observed
1953	10	3,687	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	5	5,828	observed
1956	14	3,186	observed
1957	6	5,377	observed
1958	13	3,379	observed
1959	11	3,827	observed
1960	13	3,512	observed
1961	15	3,318	observed
1962	28	2,264	observed
1963	25	2,424	observed
1964	18	3,000	observed
1965	12	3,733	observed
1966	16	3,148	observed
1967	10	4,300	observed
1968	18	3,057	observed
1969	18	3,199	observed
1970	14	4,038	observed
1971	21	3,166	observed
1972	14	4,091	observed
1973	8	6,080	observed
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	8	6,484	observed
1976	12	4,905	observed
1977	11	5,532	observed
1978	12	5,214	observed
1979	14	4,842	observed
1980	12	5,544	observed
1981	9	6,804	observed
1982	5	10,517	observed
1983	6	9,015	observed
1984	8	7,398	observed
1985	6	9,307	observed
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	7	8,778	observed
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	8	8,761	observed
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	5	13,386	observed
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q14309921CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: LiisaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: ElisabetCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Liisa.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Liisa

Meaning in the sources

Where Liisa is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Liisa Suihkonen

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Liisa

Meaning in the sources

Where Liisa is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Liisa Suihkonen

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page