Lise - Meaning of Lise

What does Lise mean?

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Lise

[ 1 syll. li-se, lis-e ] The baby girl name Lise is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced in English as LIYS or LIYZ or in Scandinavian as LIY-Seh †. Lise is of Hebrew origin. It is used mainly in English, French, German, and Scandinavian.

Lise is an English, French, German, and Scandinavian shortening of the Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, and Scandinavian Elisabeth and an English, French, German, and Scandinavian shortening of the English, Greek, and Hebrew Elizabeth.

Lise is also a German form of Lisa.

Variants of the name include the English, French, and German familiar form Lisette and the French familiar form Lysette.

See also the related categories, english, hebrew, french, scandinavian, and german.

Lise is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1959 with 0.008% of baby girls being named Lise. It was #817 in rank then. The baby name has dropped in popularity since then, and is of only sporadic use now. Among the family of girl names directly related to Lise, Elizabeth was the most frequently used in 2018. Lise has in the last century been primarily given to baby girls.

Baby names that sound like Lise include Leece, Lys, Lyse, Lace, Laek, Laeke, Laes, Laese, Lage, Laik, Laike, Laise, Lake, Lashay, Lashe, Lass, Lasse, Layce, Layk, and Layke.

† Pronunciation for Lise: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)"