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

[Anonymous]

I know a Jewish Risa, but no Jewish Lisa.

[Anonymous]

No, I don't consider it to be a Jewish name.

[Anonymous]

I know a black Lisa and an Irish Lisa. Some Jewish Lisas too, but I know a lot of Jews. I've never thought of it as a Jewish name.

[Anonymous]

No, but if it was, would that be a problem for you?

[Anonymous]

I know one Jewish Lisa, but the rest of them are Italian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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?

It’s a NN for Elizabeth. I’ve known four Jewish women (mostly Gen X) known Lisa, but far more Christian ones. I also know two Muslim Lisas.

It also works as a NN for other names. And often Jewish newborns are given names that start with the same initial as a deceased person the family wants to honor. So some of these Lisas maybe be named after a Leah.

[Anonymous]

No, I would not consider "Lisa" to be a Jewish name, but now that you mention I know of several Jewish Lisas.

[Anonymous]

I'm from a very Jewish area and don't know a single Jewish Lisa.

Maybe she mean Leah?

[Anonymous]

Over my 40+ years I’ve known Jewish and non-Jewish Lisas and think of the characters Lisa Turtle on Saved by the Bell and of course Lisa Simpson. More tied to an age range than to any religion, ethnicity, or race.

[Anonymous]

I love Lisa Simpson but I can only think of Baby’s sister in Dirty Dancing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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?

lol
Absolutely no

Are their Jews named Lisa yes but a Jewish name?

Your friend is an idiot and antisemitism runs through her crap brain

Get new friends

[Anonymous]

No, I don't know any Jewish "Lisas."

[Anonymous]

Now all I can think of is her

[Anonymous]

I know a Jewish Lisa, my older sister who's 62. It's one of those names that has not had a comeback yet, maybe you will start the trend. Most Lisa's I know are over 50.

[Anonymous]

All the Lisas I knew growing up in NY were Italian. In my Italian- American family, we have a Big Lisa, Little Lisa and Baby Lisa.