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Meaning, origin and pronunciation, with published usage by place and year.
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My God is an oath, in the Elisabeth-derived naming tradition.
The Norwegian name entry explicitly supplies this Hebrew-linked interpretation through Elisabet. French also records a separate Louise-derived Lise; that route is not assigned this meaning. The licensed Miwok account remains a separate, uncorroborated claim here.
European short-form traditions linked to Elisabeth, with a separate French Louise route.
The Danish, French and Norwegian personal-name sections record these connections. English borrowed Lise from French and possibly Scandinavian use. A single parent-name history is not assumed for every bearer.
Not yet published for this spelling.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
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| Canada | 2023 | Girls | 5 | 3290 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Girls | 540 (rounded to 5) | 95 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2018 | Girls | 3 | 5666 | Historical source: not all years independently cross-checked. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2024 | Girls | 5 | 15293 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact Danish personal-name section documents this language use. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Lise entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Lise&oldid=92383171. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The exact English personal-name section documents this language use. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Lise entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Lise&oldid=92383171. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The exact French personal-name section documents this language use. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Lise entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Lise&oldid=92383171. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The exact Norwegian Bokmål personal-name section documents this language use. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Lise entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Lise&oldid=92383171. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The Norwegian name entry explicitly supplies this Hebrew-linked interpretation through Elisabet. French also records a separate Louise-derived Lise; that route is not assigned this meaning. The licensed Miwok account remains a separate, uncorroborated claim here. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Lise entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Lise&oldid=92383171. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Recorded French personal-name reading, distinct from the Norwegian reading. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Lise entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Lise&oldid=92383171. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Recorded Norwegian personal-name reading. Neither native reading is automatically treated as English. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Lise entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Lise&oldid=92383171. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The Danish, French and Norwegian personal-name sections record these connections. English borrowed Lise from French and possibly Scandinavian use. A single parent-name history is not assumed for every bearer. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Lise entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Lise&oldid=92383171. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The personal-name entry explicitly documents Lise derived from Elisabeth. The Elisabeth and Louise routes are not assigned one universal meaning. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Lise entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Lise&oldid=92383171. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The English and Norwegian personal-name sections explicitly link Lise and Lisa. Readings and statistics remain separate. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Lise entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Lise&oldid=92383171. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The personal-name entry explicitly documents Lise derived from Louise. The Elisabeth and Louise routes are not assigned one universal meaning. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Lise entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Lise&oldid=92383171. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
