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Lise
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Appendix:Variations of "lise"
English
Etymology
From the en fr -, and possible also from Scandinavian, fr Lise. Variant of more common English en Lisa.
Proper noun
en female French.
en 2013 Allison Amend A Nearly Perfect Copy The urge to tell Lise everything was almost overpowering.
en 2014 Paula Bomer Inside Madeleine Then I smelled something funny. “Do you guys smell that?” “No. What do you smell?” said Lise. “I think I smell smoke.”
en female Lisa.
en 2001 J. Alison Bryant Television and the American Family Lisa said, “This is gonna be the best birthday breakfast Mom ever had.” And Bart earnestly replied, “Hey, Lise, you think that's enough for her?”
Anagrams
en eils isle Iles leis %iles sile Sile Elis lies slie iles Isle ELIs Leis
Atayal
Proper noun
tay proper noun
tay male
References
Danish
Pronunciation
da iːsə 2
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female derived from da Elisabeth
Related terms
compound given names: da Annelise, da Anne-Lise, da Ingelise, da Inge-Lise, da Ingerlise, da Liselotte, da Lise-Lotte
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 25 496 females with the given name Lise have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
French
Pronunciation
fr lise lises lisent
Proper noun
f
fr female derived from fr Élisabeth
fr female derived from fr Louise
Anagrams
fr élis, fr îles, fr isle, fr lies, fr liés, fr sile, fr silé
Norwegian Bokmål
no
Alternative forms
nb Lisa
Etymology
nb nds Lise female given name, a short form of nds Elisabet female given name, from nb la Elisabeth, from nb grc Ἐλισάβετ Elisábet, from nb hbo אֱלִישֶׁבַע ʾĔlîšéḇaʿ my God is an oath.
Compare da Lise, sv Lise and de Lise female given names.
Pronunciation
nb /ˈliː.sə/
nb iːsə 2
nb Li se
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female Low German < Latin < Ancient Greek < Biblical Hebrew en:Lisa, a short form of nb Elisabet Elizabeth
Usage notes
The Norwegian name day for nb Lise is 2 September, shared with nb Lisa and nb Liss.“Lise – kvinnenamn”, Store norske leksikon.
nb Lise was most popular in Norway from approximately 1960 to 1990.
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway, 8,736 women in Norway had nb Lise as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.Table 10501: “Personer, etter jentenavn og guttenavn”, Statistics Norway.
References
Anagrams
nb eils Elis seil sile