Entry № 5916 · Estonian origin

Liisa Liisa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LEE-sah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Estonian
Meaning
"Pledged to God (Estonian Elizabeth)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Estonian)

A name that means "pledged to god (estonian elizabeth)".

Liisa is the Estonian and Finnish form of Elizabeth — Hebrew Elisheba, "pledged to God." One of the most common Estonian feminine names.

Used widely in Estonia and Finland.

Pledged to God. The Estonian Elizabeth.

The name in its native script.

Liisa
Transliteration
Liisa
Pronunciation
/ ˈliː.sə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Liisa stands.

Liisa does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Liisas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Liisa
Common in Estonian fiction.

Names connected to Liisa.

The number behind Liisa.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Liisa reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.