Eliisa

Eliisa

1. Elisha (biblical character)
2. a female given name derived from Eliisabet (“Elizabeth”)

Variant of Elisa, short form of Elisabet.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeliːsɑ/,
• Rhymes: -eliːsɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): E‧lii‧sa

Eliisa

1. a female given name
   • 1955 Oiva Paloheimo, Lapsi ja enkeli, in Matti Paloheimo: Levoton Lippi―Isäni Oiva Paloheimo, Kirjayhtymä (1985), →ISBN, page 180:

     Eliisa hän oli nimeltään
     (se kas hienosti äännettiin)
     ja hän rakastui kovasti elämään
     ja sen kaikkiin ihmeisiin.

     Eliisa was her name
     (with an elegant pronunciation)
     and she fell deeply in love with life
     and all of its miracles.

• Eliisa is the 443^rd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 861 female individuals (and as a middle name to 6,195 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.