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What does Alisa mean?
Alisa 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced ah-LEE-sah. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Alisa is "great happiness". Also a variant of Alicia. Also form of Alice.
Variations
VARIANTS Alisah, Alise, Alissa▼, Alissah, Aliza▲, Allisa, Allisah, Allissa, Allissah, Allysa, Allysah, Alyssa▼, Alyssah
RELATED FORMS VIA ALICIA Alecia▼, Aleesa, Aleesha, Aleeza, Aleisha, Alesha▼, Aleshia, Alesia▼, Alica, Alieshea, Alisha▼, Alishia, Alisia, Allicia, Alycia▼, Alysa▼, Alysha▼, Alysia▼, Alyssia▼, Elicia, Elisha, Leisha
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Adisa, ..
(male) Alace, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Alisa Aveline (A.A.), ..
How popular is Alisa?
Alisa is a very popular first name for women (#603 out of 4276, Top 14%) and a slightly less popular last name for all people (#125639 out of 150436, Top 84%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Alisa was first listed in 1950-1959 and reached its apex rank of #312 in the U.S. in the 1960s, and is at #1032 currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular related forms of Alisa (#1032 A YEAR AGO) are Alecia, Aleesha, Aleisha, Alesha, Aleshia, Alesia, Alica, Alice (#71), Alicia (#391), Alise, Alisha (#957), Alishia, Alisia, Alissa (#1182), Aliza (#709), Allissa, Allysa, Alycia, Alysa, Alysha, Alysia, Alyssa (#150), Alyssia, Elicia, Elisha (#1388) and Leisha. Adoption of these relations of Alisa was at its most widespread 28 years ago (AVERAGE #1023) and is now much less (#1625, DOWN 68%), with forms like Alesha becoming less stylish. Alice is more ubiquitous than the rest, although Aliza appears to be gaining favor too.
Similar Names
Alisa▼ is pronounced similarly to Alessa, Alessi, Alessia▲, Alicea, Allessa, Allicea, Aloisa, Alyza, Eleisa, Elisa▲, Elisee, Elissa, Eliza, Elizah, Ellissa, Eloisa, Elouisa, Elysa, Elyza, Ilisa, Ilissa, Ilysa, Ilysah, Oleisa and Olisa. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Ailis, Ailish, Ailsa, Alais, Aleka, Alexa, Alia▲, Alicah, Alida▼, Alika, Alikah, Aliki, Alima, Alina▲, Aliosha, Alis, Alisan, Alisse, Alista, Alisz, Alita, Alix, Aliya, Aliz, Alize▼, Allis, Alliss, Aloise, Aloisia, Alys, Alyse▼, Alyss, Amisa, Anisa▼ and Ayisa. These names tend to be less commonly used than Alisa.
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