Lisa is a short form of Elizabeth — from the Hebrew Elisheba ("my God is my oath"). The #1 most popular US baby name for girls every year from 1962 to 1969 — an 8-year reign as the dominant American girl's name. *Lisa del Giocondo (1479-1542) was the wife of the Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo and the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (c. 1503-1519) — the most famous painting in the world. Lisa Marie Presley (1968-2023) — only child of Elvis Presley. Lisa Su (born 1969)* — CEO of AMD; first woman to receive the IEEE Medal of Honor.
Featured in countless 1960s-70s songs and films.
In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lisa reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.