Lise is a girl's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “my God is an oath and Elizabeth.” In 2024 it was given to 5 girls in the United States.
Lise at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Scandinavian
Meaning
“my God is an oath and Elizabeth”
About the name Lise
Lise belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “my God is an oath and Elizabeth” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Lise first appears in Social Security records in 1922. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #819 in 1959, and in 2024 5 babies received the name — 2,790 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.