Liisa Name Meaning & Origin
Liisa
Pronunciation: n/a
Origin of the name Lisa:
Short form of Elizabeth (God is my oath) that is now commonly bestowed as an independent given name.
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This is the Finnish form of Lisa.
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I had a childhood friend with this name; her family was originally part of the Swedish minority in Finland. It was the early 1970s, the high point of the Lisa wave, and this name gave her some individuality in a school where there were at least three Lisas in every grade.
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