Lisa is a short form of Elisabeth, from the Hebrew Elisheva, meaning "God is my oath". It was the most popular girls' name in the United States for the whole of the 1960s and is known worldwide through Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. The name ranked number 295 in 2000, fell out of the top 1000 in 2020 and 2021 and has crept back to number 991 in 2025.