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Lisa

Most Poles have never met a Lisa, and only 15 girls got the name last year, but that count is edging back up after a quieter run. It carries the meaning "god is my oath".

Lisa Pronunciation

Lisa is pronounced LEE-sah (/ˈlisa/).

Alive in 2025
800
Newborns 2025
15
National rank
#1051

What Lisa means

Where Lisa comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Lisa reached Polish speakers through English, German, and Scandinavian use, where it settled as a short form of Elisabeth. The longer name carries the meaning recorded here as "god is my oath," in Polish "bóg jest moją przysięgą," and Lisa inherited it while shedding the extra syllables. For much of the twentieth century it lived only as a nickname. Then it became a full given name in its own right.

The most documented Lisa was born in Florence on 15 June 1479. Lisa Gherardini married a cloth merchant, raised several children, and sat for Leonardo da Vinci in the portrait now known as the Mona Lisa. Her plain first name outgrew her comfortable life and attached itself to one of the most recognized paintings on earth.

The grounding lists no Polish diminutives or variants here. Lisa stands as the whole name. On a class register at a Polish school it needs no explanation, two syllables and done. What it hands over is an old promise: god is my oath.

How many people are named Lisa

1 in 28180 women in Poland is named Lisa. 800 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1051 among female names.

People with the name Lisa 2019 → 2025
800 +289 since 2019
2020 536 +25
2021 570 +34
2022 618 +48
2023 676 +58
2024 740 +64
2025 800 +60

Lisa's popularity over time

15 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #593 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2001.

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15 newborns with the name Lisa in 2025
national rank #593 that year

Where parents choose Lisa

Lisa is most popular in Masovian, 112% above the national average (17 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+80%) and Lubusz (+78%). It is least common in Greater Poland and Łódź, 59% and 30% below average respectively.

Chosen most
  • Masovian
    +112%
    1 in 20,839 babies
  • Pomeranian
    +80%
    1 in 24,554 babies
  • Lubusz
    +78%
    1 in 24,829 babies
Chosen least
  • Greater Poland
    −59%
    1 in 107,622 babies
  • Łódź
    −30%
    1 in 63,359 babies
  • Lesser Poland
    −22%
    1 in 56,729 babies

Lisa as a middle name

Lisa is a first name for 800 women in Poland and a middle name for another 246, a 76/24 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 432nd, between Augusta (247) and May (246).

As a first name
800
As a middle name
246
first name 76% middle name 24%
Middle-name ranking women

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