Lisa (given name)
Lisa is a feminine given name. In the United Kingdom, the name Lisa began to gain popularity during the 1960s, by 1974 it was the fifth most popular female name there, and a decade later it was the 14th most popular female name there. However, by 1996 it had fallen out of the top 100. Similarly, in the United States it was the most popular female name for most of the 1960s and in the top 10 through most of the 1970s before falling.
Notable people with the given name Lisa
- Lisa (French musician) French singer performing as "Lisa"
- Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974) stylized "LISA", Elizabeth Sakura Narita, member of the Japanese hip-hop group m-flo
- Lisa Marie Abato, American pornographic actress turned anti-pornography activist
- Lisa Aisato, Norwegian illustrator and author
- Lisa Allen, British chef
- Lisa Ambalavanar, English actress
- Anna Lisa Andersson, Swedish reporter
- Lisa Ann, American pornographic actress
- Lisa Arce, beach volleyball player
- Lisa Arrindell, American actress
- Lisa Ashton, English darts player
- Lisa Aukland, American bodybuilder and powerlifter
- Lisa Aziz, British television presenter
- Lisa Banes, American actress
- Lisa Barbuscia, American model, singer and actress
- Lisa Barlow, American television personality and businesswoman
- Lisa Bayliss-Pratt, British nurse
- Lisa Feldman Barrett, American psychological scientist and neuroscientist
- Lisa Barros D'Sa, British director and actress
- Lisa Batiashvili, Georgian musician
- Lisa Beamer, American writer
- Lisa Bevill, American musician
- Lisa Bloom, American lawyer
- Lisa Blount, American actress
- Lisa Blunt Rochester, American politician
- Lisa Bodnar, American nutritional and perinatal epidemiologist
- Lisa Bonder, American tennis player
- Lisa Bonet, American actress
- Lisa Bowman, Irish netball player
- Lisa Boyle, American model
- Lisa Brennan-Jobs, American author and daughter of Steve Jobs
- Lisa Brenner, American actress
- Lisa Butcher, British model
- Lisa Jo Chamberlin, American convicted murderer
- Lisa Chappell, New Zealand actor
- Lisa Coleman, American musician and composer, member of The Revolution
- Lisa Collins, Australian actress
- Lisa Cross, British bodybuilder
- Lisa Curry-Kenny, Australian swimmer
- Lisa D'Amato, model and contestant in America's Next Top Model
- Lisa Dahlkvist, Swedish football player
- Lisa D'Amour, American dramatist
- Lisa De Leeuw, American pornographic actress
- Lisa Desjardins, American political journalist
- Lisa Dillon, English actress
- Lisa DiMartino, American politician
- Lisa Dorrian, Irish woman who has been missing since 2005
- Lisa Durupt, Canadian actress
- Lisa Dwan, Irish actress
- Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish singer
- Lisa Eldridge, British make-up artist
- Lisa Edelstein, American actress
- Lisa Edmonds English wheelchair basketball player
- Lisa Edwards, Australian singer and musician
- Lisa Eichhorn, American actress, writer, and producer
- Lisa Eilbacher, American actress
- Lisa Erlandsdotter, Swedish artist
- Lisa Evans, Scottish footballer
- Lisa Faulkner, English actress and TV presenter
- Lisa Fischer, American vocalist and songwriter
- Lisa Anne Fletcher, American poet and correspondent
- Lisa Foiles, American actress
- Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish model
- Lisa Franchetti, American Navy admiral
- Lisa Frank, American artist and businesswoman
- Lisa Franks, Canadian paralympic athlete
- Lisa Ann French, American murder victim
- Lisa Frenkel, American pediatrician, professor
- Lisa Fuillerat, American murder victim
- Lisa Gastineau, American former model, reality TV star
- Lisa Gastoni, Italian actress
- Lisa Germano, American singer/songwriter
- Lisa Gervasoni, Australian artist
- Lisa Gerrard, Australian musician, singer and composer
- Lisa Gherardini, namesake and possible model for the Mona Lisa
- Lisa Gilroy, Canadian actress and comedian
- Lisa Glasberg, American radio personality
- Lisa Gleave, Australian actress and model
- Lisa Gnadl, German politician
- Lisa Guerrero, American journalist
- Lisa Gunning, English film director, editor and writer
- Lisa Hanawalt, American illustrator and TV producer
- Lisa Hanna, Jamaican politician and beauty queen
- Lisa Hannigan, Irish singer-songwriter
- Lisa M. Hansen, American producer, actress, director, and writer
- Lisa Harper, American Christian author, bible educator, and speaker
- Lisa Harrington, Canadian writer
- Lisa Harriton, American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and sound designer
- Lisa Harrow, New Zealand actress
- Lisa Hartman Black, American actress and singer
- Lisa Haydon, Indian actress, TV presenter and model
- Lisa Heller, American singer, songwriter and philanthropist
- Lisa Hilton, British author
- Lisa Ho, Australian fashion designer
- Lisa Hochstein, Canadian-American television personality
- Lisa Hoffman, American businesswoman
- Lisa Holm, Swedish murder victim
- Lisa Höpink, German swimmer
- Lisa Jakub, Canadian writer, yoga teacher, and former actress
- Lisa Jawahir, Saint Lucian politician
- Lisa Jewell, British author
- Lisa Johnson, American photographer
- Lisa A. Johnson, American diplomat
- Lisa Joyner, American television personality
- Lisa Linn Kanae, Hawaiian professor
- Lisa Kehler, English race walker
- Lisa Kelly, American trucker
- Lisa Kelly, Irish classical singer
- Lisa Kleypas, American author
- Lisa M. Koonin, American public health official
- Lisa Kudrow, American actress
- Lisa Lambe, Irish singer and performer
- Lisa Lampanelli, American comedian
- Lisa Lashes, English electronic dance music DJ and producer
- Lisa Lavie, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Lisa Leslie, Swedish sprinter
- Lisa Lillien, American entrepreneur
- Lisa Ling, American journalist
- Lisa Lockhart, American barrel racer
- Lisa Loeb, American musician, author and actress
- Lisa Lois, Dutch singer
- Lisa Lopes, American rapper, singer, songwriter, dancer, and former member of TLC
- Lisa Lopez, Tejano singer
- Lisa Loring, American actress
- Lisa Lu, Chinese actress
- Lisa Lucas, American actress and journalist
- Lisa Mainiero, American writer and management professor
- Lisa Manoban, stage name Lisa, Thai rapper, singer, dancer, actress, and member of BLACKPINK
- Lisa Martin (disambiguation), multiple people
- Lisa Marx, American guitarist and member of Kittie
- Lisa McClain, American politician
- Lisa McCune, Australian actress
- Lisa McGee, Northern Irish screenwriter and playwright
- Lisa McGrillis, British actress
- Lisa McPherson, American scientologist
- Lisa McVey, American police officer and motivational speaker, kidnapping victim of Bobby Joe Long
- Lisa Meness, Former Chief of the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation
- Lisa Middelhauve, German singer
- Lisa Millar, Australian television presenter and journalist
- Lisa Ann Millican, American murder victim
- Lisa Mirabello, American medical geneticist
- Lisa Mitchell, Australian musician
- Lisa Monaco, American attorney
- Lisa Moorish, British singer
- Ivory (wrestler) née Lisa Moretti, American wrestler
- Lisa Murkowski, American lawyer and politician
- Lisa Naalsund, Norwegian footballer
- Lisa Nandy, British politician
- Lisa Niemi, American actress, widow of Patrick Swayze
- Lisa Nowak, American astronaut; arrested for attempted kidnap and attempted murder
- Lisa Ono, Japanese-Brazilian bossa nova singer
- Lisa Origliasso, Australian musician, member of The Veronicas
- Lisa Ortiz, American voice actress
- Lisa Osofsky, British-American lawyer
- Lisa Oz, American author and radio host
- Lisa Parks, American media scholar
- Lisa Paus, German politician
- Lisa Jane Persky, American actress
- Lisa Piccirillo, American mathematician
- Lisa Powell, Australian field hockey player
- Lisa Marie Presley, American singer, daughter of Elvis Presley
- Lisa Randall, American theoretical physicist
- Lisa Ray, Canadian actress
- Lisa Raymond, American tennis player
- Lisa Rinehart, American dancer
- Lisa Rieffel, American actress and singer
- Lisa Rinna, American actress
- Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress
- Lisa Rogers, Welsh television presenter
- Lisa Rubin, Canadian theatre director
- Lisa Ruddy, Canadian actress who was a cast member on the Canadian sketch comedy TV series You Can't Do That on Television
- Lisa Ryder, Canadian actress
- Lisa Salters, American journalist
- Lisa Scott, Australian film producer
- Lisa Scott-Lee, British singer, member of Steps
- Lisa Scottoline, American writer
- Lisa See, American writer
- Lisa Selesner, known as Lisa S., American international model, actress and veejay
- Lisa Simes, Canadian artistic gymnast
- Lisa Simone, American singer, composer and actress
- Lisa Marie née Lisa Marie Smith, American model and actress
- Lisa Snowdon, English television presenter
- Lisa Stahl, American actress
- Lisa Stansfield, British singer
- Lisa Steier, Swedish ballerina
- Lisa Stokke, Norwegian actress and singer
- Lisa Su, Taiwanese-American executive, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices
- Lisa Tucker, American singer
- Lisa Unger, American author
- Lisa Vanderpump, American television personality and businesswoman
- Lisa Marie Varon, American bodybuilder, fitness competitor, and wrestler
- Lisa Velez, singer, better known as Lisa Lisa
- Lisa Vicari, German actress
- Lisa Vidal, American actress
- Lisa Vultaggio, Canadian actress
- Lisa Wallace, Big Brother 2009 contestant
- Lisa Ann Walter, American actress
- Lisa Walton, New Zealand field hockey player
- Lisa Welander, Swedish neurologist
- Lisa Whelchel, American actress, author, speaker and singer
- Lisa Wilcox, American actress
- Lisa Willner, American politician
- Lisa Wooding, English field hockey player
- Lisa Wu, American actress and television personality
- Lisa Yamada, American actress
- Lisa Yamanaka, Canadian actress and voice actress
- Lisa Yaszek, American professor
- Lisa Yee, American writer
- Lisa Yuskavage, American artist
- Lisa Zaar, Swedish tennis player
- Lisa Zaiser, Austrian swimmer
- Lisa Zane, American actress and singer
- Lisa Zimmermann, German artistic gymnast
- Lisa Zimmermann, German freestyle skier
- Lisa Zimouche, French freestyle footballer
- Lisa Zukoff, American politician
- Lisa Zunshine, American scholar of literature and cognitive science
- Lisa Zwerling, American physician
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Fictional characters
- Lisa, a character from the animated film, Ponyo
- Lisa, a character in the film 1978 pornographic movie Debbie Does Dallas
- Lisa, a character in the 1981 American slasher movie The Prowler
- Lisa, a character in the television show Home Improvement
- Lisa, a character in the 2005 American science fiction adventure Zathura: A Space Adventure
- Lisa, a character played by Nicole Eggert in the 2008 Television movie A Christmas Proposal
- Lisa, a character in the movie 2009 American comedy film The Hangover
- Lisa Asparagus, a character and Junior's mom in the video series VeggieTales
- Lisa Burnett, founder and President of SPS
- Lisa (1990 film), a 1990 film starring Cheryl Ladd, featuring a character named Lisa
- Lisa (2001 film), a 2001 film starring Marion Cotillard, featuring a character named Lisa
- Lisa, mythical girlfriend of the Internet Oracle
- Lisa, portrayed by Juliette Danielle, the female lead in Tommy Wiseau's film The Room
- Lisa in the film Weird Science
- Lisa, one of the protagonists of the book series featuring Gaspard and Lisa
- Lisa Minci, a character in 2020 video game Genshin Impact
- Lisa Armstrong, the titular character of the video game Lisa: The Painful
- Lisa Braeden, a character in the television series Supernatural
- Lisa Chadway, a character in the 1997 American drama television movie Deep Family Secrets
- Lisa Cuddy, a character in House M.D.
- Lisa Davis, a character in the 1980 American disaster comedy movie Airplane!
- Lisa Dingle, a character in the popular British soap opera Emmerdale
- Lisa Douglas, the socialite wife of Oliver Wendell Douglas in the 1960s sitcom Green Acres
- Lisa Fortier, a fictional voodoo priestess portrayed by Pam Grier in the blaxploitation film Scream Blacula Scream
- Lisa Carol Fremont, a character played by Grace Kelly in Alfred Hitchcock's film Rear Window
- Lisa Garland, a character in the video game franchise Silent Hill
- Lisa Grimaldi, a character in the soap opera As the World Turns
- Lisa Haglund, a character of the Bert Diaries novels series
- Lisa Hamilton, a character in the Dead or Alive video game series
- Lisa Hayes, a character in the American television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes
- Lisa Hayes, a main character in the Robotech television series
- Lisa Heffenbacher, a character from the TV series The Electric Company
- Lisa Imai, character from mixed-media franchise, BanG Dream!
- Lisa Kramer, a character in the 2004 American romantic comedy movie Along Came Polly
- Lisa Landry, a character from the American sitcom Sister, Sister
- Lisa Loud a character from The Loud House
- Lisa Miller a character from the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim
- Lisa McDowell, a character in the 1988 American romantic comedy film Coming to America
- Lisa Nelson, the main character in the 1975 novel The Girl Who Owned a City
- Lisa Niles, a character in the American soap opera General Hospital
- Lisa Rogan, a character from The House of the Dead
- Lisa Rowe, a charismatic sociopath portrayed by Angelina Jolie in the film Girl, Interrupted
- Lisa Simpson, a character in the TV Show The Simpsons; she is the daughter of Homer and Marge Simpson
- Lisa Snart, a DC supervillainess known as Golden Glider
- Lisa Yadomaru, a vizard and former lieutenant, later captain in manga Bleach
- Lisa Tepes, wife of Count Dracula and mother of Alucard in both the video game and animated series Castlevania
- Lisa Trevor, a character in the horror survival series games "Resident Evil"
- Lisa Turtle, a character in the teen show Saved by the Bell
- Lisa Watmough, a character in Robert Swindells's book Room 13
- Lisa Wilbourn, a character in the novel Worm (web serial)
- Princess Lisa, a character in Tolstoy's book ''War and Peace''