Alisa Name Meaning & Origin
Alisa
Origin of the name Alisa:
A variant form of Alicia (nobility). Variant form of Alice (nobility), a name which evolved through a series of variants from the Germanic Adalheidis (noble one, nobility). Alternatively, the name Alyssa can be derived from the name of the alyssum flower. Var: Alicia, Alycia, Alyssa. Pet: Ali.
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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Allie, Lise
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Russian and Finnish form of ALICE
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Alisa Rosenbaum is the birth name of writer Ayn Rand.
Alisa Camplin, Olympic gold and bronze medalist in freestyle skiing (2002; 2006)- Alisa in song, story & screen
My parents tell me that they got my name Alisa Suzanne from the movie, "Paint Your Wagon", where Clint Eastwood sings about an imaginary girl named Alisa Suzanne.