Elisa

עליזה

• Gender: Female
• Origin: Biblical English
• Meaning: joyful or my God is an oath

• Elisa is a shortened form of Elizabeth, which itself comes from the Hebrew name Elisheva, meaning "my God is an oath" or, some say, "joyful." It is a name that carries centuries of royal and biblical heritage but wears it lightly, with an elegant simplicity that never feels overdone.

  Picture it in a sunlit European garden one moment and a bustling Tel Aviv cafe the next — Elisa belongs in both. It has that rare quality of sounding both timeless and current, never too trendy and never dated. A lighter, more melodic branch of the vast Elizabeth family tree, it strikes a lovely, understated chord.

• Alternate Spellings: Aleeza, Aliza, Alisa
• Hebrew Equivalent:
  Aliza
• Potential Sibling Name:
  Michaela
  ,
  Adina
  ,
  Michael
  ,
  Tobi
• Theme: God, happiness