Elisa (given name)
Elisa is a feminine given name. It is of Phoenician origin. According to legend, the first queen of Carthage was Elissa. Another opinion is that it is a shortened form of Elisabeth, a variant of the Biblical name Elizabeth or that it is a shortened version of Elisha or Eliseus. For other uses, see Elisa (disambiguation).
Closely related names include Elissa, Eliza, Lisa, Elsa, Elisha, and the French form Élise.
People with the name
- Elisa (Japanese singer), Japanese singer and model
- Elisa (Italian singer), Italian singer and songwriter
- Subcomandante Elisa, Zapatista activist
- Elisa Aaltola, Finnish philosopher
- Elisa Albert, American author
- Elisa Badenes, Spanish ballet dancer
- Elisa Baldo, Italian archer
- Elisa Balsamo, Italian cyclist
- Elisa Berroeta, Chilean wood engraver, illustrator
- Élisa Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon
- Elisa Caffont, Italian snowboarder
- Elisa Carrillo Cabrera, Mexican ballet dancer
- Elisa Carrió, Argentine lawyer, professor, and politician
- Elisa Christy, Mexican actress and dancer
- Elisa Di Francisca, Italian fencer
- Elisa Donovan, American actress
- Lisvel Elisa Eve, Dominican Republic volleyball player
- Elisa Fiorillo, American singer
- Elisa Gabrielli, American actress and comedian
- Élisa Garnerin, French balloonist and parachutist
- Elisa Georgiou, Greek Cypriot model
- Elisa Hämmerle, Austrian artistic gymnast
- Elisa Holopainen, Finnish ice hockey player
- Elisa Iorio, Italian artistic gymnast
- Elisa Izquierdo, American murder victim
- Elisa Jimenez, American fashion designer and Project Runway contestant
- Elisa Kadigia Bove, Italian-Somali actress
- Elisa Lam, Canadian student whose death at the Cecil Hotel attracted wide attention
- Elisa Lindström, Swedish singer
- Elisa Loncón, Mapuche linguist and indigenous rights activist
- Élisa Martin, French politician
- Elisa Mevius, German basketball player
- Elisa Miller, Mexican film director, writer, and producer
- Elisa Montessori, Italian painter
- Elisa Mújica, Colombian writer
- Elisa New, American academic
- Elisa Oricchio, Italian cancer researcher and associate professor
- Elisa Pritzker, Argentine-American artist
- Elisa Quintana, American astronomer
- Elisa Radziwill, Polish aristocrat
- Elisa Riedo, nanotechnologist
- Elisa Roner, Italian archer
- Elisa Servenius, Swedish soldier
- Elisa Silva, Portuguese singer
- Elisa Siragusa, Italian politician
- Elisa Togut, Italian volleyball player
- Elisa Valero, Spanish architect and professor
- Elisa Volpatto, Brazilian television and film actress
- Elisa Yukie Yokoyama, Singaporean sailor
- Elisa Zamacois, Spanish singer and actress
- Elisa Zulueta, Chilean television and film actress
Fictional characters with the name
- Elisa Maza in the Disney animated series Gargoyles
- Elisa, a child psychic from Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.
- Elisa, a non-playable Mii opponent in the Wii series
- Lucero-Elisa de Riqueza, protagonist of the "Fire and Thorns" trilogy, by Rae Carson.