Alisa

Meaning: Noble character
Origin: Finnish/Russian (from Germanic via Old French) — Variant of Alice

Girl's name · #1654 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Alisa — on the books since 1945, #1654 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 35,000 girls share it.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#28 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #33 in Finland (Finnish-sp.) (2025) · #109 in Poland (2025) · #154 in Slovenia (2025) · #200 in Austria (2025) · #294 in Switzerland (2025) · #337 in Norway (2025) · #339 in Sweden (2025) · #440 in Netherlands (2025) · #657 in Belgium (2025) · #730 in Ireland (2025) · #764 in England & Wales (2025) and 2 more.

Famous Alisas

Alisa Freindlich — Soviet and Russian actress
Alisä Ğällämevä — Russian chess player
Alisa Kleybanova — Russian tennis player
Alisa Camplin — Australian freestyle skier
Alisa Marić — Serbian chess player

In stories & tradition

Alisa Selezneva — The Mystery of the Third Planet (film)
Alisa Bosconovitch — Tekken 6 (video game)
Alisa Mikhailovna Kujō^ko — Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (novel series)

What Alisas become

Among 304 notable people named Alisa:

Sports figures appear 1.76× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alisä Ğällämevä, Russian chess player.

Similar names: Alissa · Robyn · Alize · Elisha · Nadine · Alyson

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