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Lise

Short form of Elisabeth or Elizabeth.

PronunciationFrench /liz/; English /ˈlis/; English /ˈliz/
Usage languagesDanish, Dutch, English, French, Norwegian, Swedish
US rank (2024)#15,293

Meaning and history

Lise is a short form of Elisabeth or Elizabeth.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20052005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: 6 births, rank #15,491
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: 6 births, rank #15,242
20102010: 6 births, rank #14,959
2011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: 5 births, rank #16,869
2013: 5 births, rank #16,547
2014: no US SSA record for this spelling
20152015: 5 births, rank #16,419
2016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: 7 births, rank #12,448
20202020: no US SSA record for this spelling
2021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: no US SSA record for this spelling
2023: no US SSA record for this spelling
20242024: 5 births, rank #15,293

Lise rose from #958 to #921 for girls between 1962 and 1963. Its highest annual birth count came in 1959, with 157 births.

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