Alisa
[əˈliːsə]Meaning
Russian, Ukrainian, Bosnian, Finnish and Georgian form of Alice
Background Story
Alisa is the Russian, Ukrainian, Bosnian, Finnish and Georgian form of Alice. It is also recorded as a name in use in Basque, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Frisian, German and Greek. Aliisa is a variant of it, and Alli and Iisa are diminutives. The closely related form Alissa is used alongside it in Russia, Ukraine, Finland and Estonia.
Variations
Alyssa, Alise
Related Names
Adina
From Hebrew ʿaḏin, "delicate"
Ausha
Abbie
English diminutive of Abigail
Adalia
Biblical Hebrew name of unknown meaning, possibly Persian
Adara
Means "noble" in Hebrew
Adila
Feminine form of Adil, formed from the root ʿādil
Adira
Recorded as a rare feminine given name in Hebrew
Alica
Slovak form of Alice
Aliz
The Hungarian form of Alice, from the Old German for 'of noble kind'.
Allana
Variant of Alana