Elisa is both a feminine and masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. It is of Phoenician origin. According to legend, the first queen of

Carthage Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classic ...

was Elissa (also known as

Dido Dido ( ; , ), also known as Elissa ( , ), was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in Tunisia), in 814 BC. In most accounts, she was the queen of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre (located ...

). Another opinion is that it is a shortened form of Elisabeth, a variant of the Biblical name

Elizabeth Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Empress Elisabeth (disambiguation), lists various empresses named ''Elisabeth'' or ''Elizabeth'' * Princess Elizabeth ...

or that it is a shortened version of Elisha or Eliseus. For other uses, see Elisa (disambiguation). Closely related names include Elissa,

Eliza ELIZA is an early natural language processing computer program developed from 1964 to 1967 at MIT by Joseph Weizenbaum. Created to explore communication between humans and machines, ELIZA simulated conversation by using a pattern matching and ...

Lisa Lisa or LISA may refer to: People People with the mononym * Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA" * Lisa, stagename of Japanese singer Lisa Komine (born 1978) * Lisa (South Korean singer) (born 1980) * Lisa (Japanese musician, b ...

, Elsa,

Elisha Elisha was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a Jewish prophet and a wonder-worker. His name is commonly transliterated into English as Elisha via Hebrew, Eliseus via Greek and Latin, Ełishe (Yeghishe/Elisha) via Armenian or Alyasa via Arabic, a ...

, and the French form

Élise Élise, Ellise, Elise, Elyse, Elyce or Elize is the shortened feminine French form of Elizabeth, coming originally from the Hebrew name אלישבע (אלי = My God שבע = oath) and meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance". Peop ...

People with the name

* Elisa (Japanese singer) (born 1989), Japanese singer and model *

Elisa (Italian singer) Elisa Toffoli (born 19 December 1977), known professionally as simply Elisa, is an Italian singer, songwriter and record producer. She draws inspiration from many genres such as pop, alternative rock, electronica, and trip hop. In Europe sh ...

(Elisa Toffoli, born 1977), Italian singer and songwriter *

Subcomandante Elisa Subcomandante Elisa (born María Gloria Benavides Guevara; January 1955) is a Mexican activist from Monterrey, Nuevo León. In the 1980s and early 90s, she served as a subcomandante in the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). She was a ...

(born 1955), Zapatista activist * Elisa Aaltola (born 1978), Finnish philosopher * Elisa Albert (born 1978), American author * Elisa Badenes, Spanish ballet dancer * Elisa Balsamo (born 1998), Italian cyclist * Elisa Berroeta, Chilean wood engraver, illustrator * Élisa Bonaparte (1777–1820), sister of Napoleon * Elisa Caffont (born 1999), Italian snowboarder * Elisa Carrillo Cabrera (born 1981), Mexican ballet dancer *

Elisa Carrió Elisa María Avelina "Lilita" Carrió (born 26 December 1956) is an Argentine lawyer, professor, and politician. She is the leader of Civic Coalition ARI, one of the founders of Cambiemos, and was Argentine Chamber of Deputies, National Deputy f ...

(born 1956), Argentine lawyer, professor, and politician * Elisa Christy (1917–2018), Mexican actress and dancer * Elisa Di Francisca (born 1982), Italian fencer *

Elisa Donovan Elisa Donovan (born February 3, 1971) is an American actress. She played the role of Amber Mariens in the 1995 teen comedy film ''Clueless'', and reprised her role in the TV series of the same name (1996-1999). Donovan went on to play the role ...

(born 1971), American actress * Lisvel Elisa Eve (born 1991), Dominican Republic volleyball player * Elisa Fiorillo (born 1969), American singer *

Elisa Gabrielli Elisa Gabrielli is an American actress and comedian, who played "Pepper" Potts in the animated movie ''The Invincible Iron Man (film), The Invincible Iron Man'', among other roles. Gabrielli also played the part of Miss Linley in ''The Brady Bunch ...

, American actress and comedian * Élisa Garnerin (1791–1853), French balloonist and parachutist *

Elisa Georgiou Star Cyprus or Miss Cyprus () is a national Beauty pageant in Cyprus held the last quarter of the year, primarily in November. The 2 winners compete internationally, the following year. Due to the return of the Miss Universe franchise held in 20 ...

(born 1994), Greek Cypriot model * Elisa Hämmerle (born 1995), Austrian artistic gymnast * Elisa Holopainen (born 2001), Finnish ice hockey player * Elisa Iorio (born 2003), Italian artistic gymnast * Elisa Izquierdo (1989–1995), American murder victim * Elisa Jimenez (born 1963), American fashion designer and ''Project Runway'' contestant * Elisa Kadigia Bove (born 1943), Italian-Somali actress *

Elisa Lam On February 19, 2013, the body of Canadian tourist Elisa Lam (born as Lam Ho-yi'';'' ) was recovered from a large cistern atop the Stay on Main hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, where she had been a guest. She was last seen alive on January 31 and ...

(1991–2013), Canadian student whose death at the Cecil Hotel attracted wide attention * Elisa Lindström, Swedish singer * Elisa Loncón (born 1963), Mapuche linguist and indigenous rights activist * Élisa Martin (born 1972), French politician * Elisa Miller (born 1982), Mexican film director, writer, and producer * Elisa Montessori (born 1931), Italian painter * Elisa Mújica (1918–2003), Colombian writer *

Elisa New Elisa New (born 1958) is an American academic who is the Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature at Harvard University. Early life and education She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in Maryland. New's father was an engi ...

(born 1958), American academic * Elisa Oricchio (born 1979), Italian cancer researcher and associate professor * Elisa Pritzker (born 1955), Argentine-American artist * Elisa Quintana (born 1973), American astronomer * Elisa Radziwill (1803–1834), Polish aristocrat * Elisa Riedo, nanotechnologist * Elisa Roner (born 2001), Italian archer * Elisa Servenius (fl. 1809), Swedish soldier * Elisa Silva (born 1999), Portuguese singer * Elisa Siragusa (born 1986), Italian politician * Elisa Togut (born 1978), Italian volleyball player * Elisa Valero, Spanish architect and professor * Elisa Volpatto (born 1986), Brazilian television and film actress * Elisa Yukie Yokoyama (born 1997), Singaporean sailor * Elisa Zamacois (1838–1915), Spanish singer and actress * Elisa Zulueta (born 1984), Chilean television and film actress

Fictional characters with the name

* Elisa Maza in the Disney animated series ''Gargoyles'' *

Elisa The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (, ) is a commonly used analytical biochemistry assay, first described by Eva Engvall and Peter Perlmann in 1971. The assay is a solid-phase type of enzyme immunoassay (EIA) to detect the presence of ...

, a child psychic from '' Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops''. * Lucero-Elisa de Riqueza, protagonist of the "Fire and Thorns" trilogy, by

Rae Carson Rae Dawn Carson (born August 17, 1973, in Oakland, California) is an American fantasy writer. Her debut novel, '' The Girl of Fire and Thorns'', was published in 2011. Her books have also been translated into languages around the world. Beginning ...

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