Do you consider Lisa to be a "Jewish name?"
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Anonymous
| I am newly pregnant and told a friend that I am considering naming my daughter Lisa. She opined that Lisa is a Jewish name, i.e., not an ethnically Jewish name, but a name that primarily Jewish families give their daughters. Do you think this is true? |
Anonymous
| No. I know a lot of Lisas and none of them are Jewish. |
Anonymous
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Now that you ask I realize that I know a bunch of Jewish Lisas, but I don't think that's the same as it being a Jewish name. If I heard someone's first name was Lisa I wouldn't assume they'd be Jewish based on that.
More than anything I think it's just a name that was really popular for a while without having any "Saint's name" connotation. |
Anonymous
| No, I've only known non-Jewish Lisas. |
Anonymous
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It would be Elisheva/Alizabeth or nn Liza (sounds like Lisa).
The wife of Aaron (Moses' homeboy) |
Anonymous
| No, it's in the same family as Louis/Louisa, Elisa, Elizabeth, etc. |
Anonymous
| Right now Lisa is very uncommon as a baby name (#933 in 2022, not in the top 1000 for 2020 or 2021), so I wouldn't say it's popular with anyone. |
Anonymous
| Seeing how its roots are from Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, I'd be surprised to hear this opinion. But even in usage, I don't think I know any Jewish Lisas. |
Anonymous
| No |
Anonymous
| No, I am Jewish and don't know any Jewish Lisas. |
Anonymous
| I'm jewish and grew up in a Jewish area, and knew both jewish and non-jewish Lisas throughout life. The one Liza I know is not Jewish. The Iliza I know IS Jewish. All the Elizabeths I've known are not jewish. |
Anonymous
| I am from Long Island and the only Lisa's I know are not Jewish. I bring up LI as I probably know a lot more Jewish peeps. What is funny is my husband's name is Scott and I assumed he was Jewish the first 6 months of dating him. Nope. |
Anonymous
| I’ve only known Jewish women named Lisa, although I’ve never viewed it as a Jewish name. I have known a couple of Lesa and they were Christian. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| Did she think you meant Leesa? |