Lise - Meaning of Lise

What does Lise mean?

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Lise

[ 1 syll. li-se, lis-e ] The baby boy name Lise is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is LIYS or LIYZ in English or LIY-Seh in Scandinavian †. Lise's origin is Native American-Miwok. The name is of the meaning salmon's head just coming out of the water.

The name Lyse is a variant of Lise.

See also the related categories, water (river), miwok, and american.

Lise is a rarely used baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In the past century Lise has predominantly been a girl name.

Baby names that sound like Lise include Lyse, Lach, Lache, Lachee, Laek, Laik, Laike, Lake, Lash, Lask, Laske, Lasse, Lauge, Layk, Lays, Laz, Le, Lec, Lech, and Leche.

† 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)"