# Lise (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lise/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,791 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,791 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the French, and possible also from Scandinavian, Lise. Variant of more common English Lisa.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 7 | 10,972 |
| 1993 | 9 | 9,192 |
| 1994 | 10 | 8,515 |
| 1997 | 5 | 15,114 |
| 1998 | 6 | 13,411 |
| 2001 | 6 | 14,600 |
| 2003 | 5 | 17,283 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,726 |
| 2009 | 6 | 16,415 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16,150 |
| 2012 | 5 | 18,447 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,181 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,046 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13,233 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,692 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4 | 3,174 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |

## People named Lise

- Lise Meitner, Austrian-Swedish physicist
- Lise Rønne, Danish television personality
- Lise Nørgaard, Danish writer and journalist (1917–2023)
- Lise Haavik, Danish and Norwegian musician
- Lise Myhre, cartoonist
- Lise de la Salle, French classical pianist
- Lise Simms, American actress
- Lise Thiry, Belgian scientist (1921–2024)
- Lise Van Hecke, Belgian volleyball player
- Lise Darly, French singer
- Lise Thibault, Canadian politician
- Lise Østergaard, Danish psychologist and minister (1924-1996)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.