Elisa (given name)
Appearance
Gender | Unisex |
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Origin | |
Meaning | My God is an oath |
Other names | |
Related names | Élise, Elijah, Eli, Eliza, Elizabeth, Elle, Lisa, Elsa, Elias,Elisha |
Elisa is both a feminine and masculine given name. It is of Phoenician origin. According to legend, the first queen of Carthage was Elissa (also known as Dido). Another opinion is that it is a shortened form of Elisabeth, a variant of the Biblical name Elizabeth.[1] For other uses, see Elisa (disambiguation).
Closely related names include Elissa, Eliza, Lisa, Elsa, Elisha, and the French form Élise.
People with this name
[edit]- Elisa Aaltola (born 1978), Finnish philosopher
- Elisa Albert (born 1978), American author
- Elisa Badenes, Spanish ballet dancer
- Elisa Balsamo (born 1998), Italian cyclist
- Elisa Berroeta, Chilean wood engraver, illustrator
- Élisa Bonaparte (1777–1820), sister of Napoleon
- Elisa Carrillo Cabrera (born 1981), Mexican ballet dancer
- Elisa Carrió (born 1956), Argentine lawyer, professor, and politician
- Elisa Christy (born 1917), Mexican actress and dancer
- Elisa Di Francisca (born 1982), Italian fencer
- Elisa Donovan (born 1971), American actress
- Lisvel Elisa Eve (born 1991), Dominican Republic volleyball player
- Elisa Fiorillo (born 1969), American singer
- Elisa Gabrielli, American actress and comedian
- Élisa Garnerin (1791–1853), French balloonist and parachutist
- Elisa Georgiou (born 1994), Greek Cypriot model
- Elisa Hämmerle (born 1995), Austrian artistic gymnast
- Elisa Holopainen (born 2001), Finnish ice hockey player
- Elisa Iorio (born 2003), Italian artistic gymnast
- Elisa Izquierdo (1989–1995), American murder victim
- Elisa Jimenez (born 1963), American fashion designer and Project Runway contestant
- Elisa Kadigia Bove (born 1943), Italian-Somali actress
- Elisa Lam (1991–2013), a Canadian student whose death at the Cecil Hotel attracted wide attention
- Elisa Lindström, Swedish singer
- Elisa Loncón (born 1963), Mapuche linguist and indigenous rights activist
- Élisa Martin (born 1972), French politician
- Elisa Miller (born 1982), Mexican film director, writer, and producer
- Elisa Montessori (born 1931), Italian painter
- Elisa Mújica (1918–2003), Colombian writer
- Elisa New (born 1958), American academic
- Elisa Oricchio (born 1979), Italian cancer researcher and associate professor
- Elisa Pritzker (born 1955), Argentine-American artist
- Elisa Quintana (born 1973), American astronomer
- Elisa Radziwill (1803–1834), Polish aristocrat
- Elisa Riedo, nanotechnologist
- Elisa Roner (born 2001), Italian archer
- Elisa Servenius (fl. 1809), Swedish soldier
- Elisa Silva (born 1999), Portuguese singer
- Elisa Siragusa (born 1986), Italian politician
- Elisa Toffoli (born 1977), Italian singer
- Elisa Togut (born 1978), Italian volleyball player
- Elisa Valero, Spanish architect and professor
- Elisa Volpatto (born 1986), Brazilian television and film actress
- Elisa Yukie Yokoyama (born 1997), Singaporean sailor
- Elisa Zamacois (1838–1915), Spanish singer and actress
- Elisa Zulueta (born 1984), Chilean television and film actress
Fictional characters
[edit]- Elisa Maza in the Disney animated series Gargoyles
- Elisa, a child psychic from Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.
- Lucero-Elisa de Riqueza, protagonist of the "Fire and Thorns" trilogy, by Rae Carson.