Do you consider Lisa to be a "Jewish name?"

[Anonymous]

Lisa rose to soaring popularity after Elvis and Priscilla named their daughter Lisa Marie.

Nearly all the Lisas I know/knew were not Jewish but skewed Italian heritage to include a cousin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes, Jewish. From the Hebrew 'Elisheba'

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+1. end of thread for the parents if they care. the only Lisa's I have known in decades up on this planet, are, indeed, the offspring of devout Jews.

Most people are saying quite the opposite of you.

[Anonymous]

Back in my day all the "Lisa's" were Asian girls adopted by white families. It was really weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's fairly neutral. Like Sarah. Tons of Jewish and non-Jewish Sarahs (though maybe the non-Jewish ones are more likely to spell it Sara?). It's not a name that is almost certainly Jewish like Hadassah or Adina or Miriam.

FWIW, I am Jewish and have a sister named Lisa (who is under 40, for those saying it's an old lady name), and most of the Lisas I have known have been Jewish. But as another poster pointed out, that's probably because I know a lot of Jews! Many posters have said they know non-Jewish Lisas.

If you like the name, go for it.

Huh. I think Sara is the more Jewish spelling.

Literally the opposite. Sarai added the h to her name when she converted to become the second Jew in the entire universe. Right after her husband Abram added an h to his name to be come Abraham, the first Jew.

But none of this matters. Everyone stop being sh!ts about names.

[Anonymous]

My name is Adolph … is that Jewish? Ridiculous article and waste of money on the so called “journalist”

[Anonymous]

She’s mixing up with Sarah.