Elisa is a feminine

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 fa ...

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

Carthage Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, 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 classi ...

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 modern Tunisia), in 814 BC. In most accounts, she was the queen of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre (t ...

). 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) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...

. For other uses, see

Elisa (disambiguation) 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 uses a solid-phase type of enzyme immunoassay (EIA) to detect the presence ...

. Closely related names include Elissa,

Eliza ELIZA is an early natural language processing computer program created from 1964 to 1966 at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory by Joseph Weizenbaum. Created to demonstrate the superficiality of communication between humans and machines, E ...

Lisa Lisa or LISA may refer to: People People with the mononym * Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam * Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer * Lisa Komine (born 1978), J ...

, Elsa,

Elisha Elisha ( ; or "God is my salvation", Greek: , ''Elis îos'' or , ''Elisaié,'' Latin: ''Eliseus'') was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a prophet and a wonder-worker. His name is commonly transliterated into English as Elisha via Hebrew, Eli ...

, and the French form

Élise Élise, Elise, Elyse 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". People Élise * Él ...

People with this name

Elisa Badenes Elisa Badenes is a Spanish ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer at the Stuttgart Ballet in Germany. Early life Badenes was born in Valencia, Spain. She started ballet at Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Valencia at age 11. In ...

, Spanish ballet dancer * Elisa Berroeta, Chilean wood engraver, illustrator * Élisa Bonaparte (1777–1820), sister of Napoleon *

Elisa Carrillo Cabrera Elisa Carrillo Cabrera (born 1981) is a Mexican classical ballet dancer. She is a co-director of the Mexican National Dance Company and principal dancer with the Berlin State Ballet (since 2011). Early life and training Carrillo was born in ...

(born 1981), Mexican ballet dancer * Elisa Christy (born 1917), Mexican actress and dancer *

Elisa Di Francisca Elisa Di Francisca (; born 13 December 1982) is an Italian former foil fencer, Olympic champion in 2012, World champion in 2010 and three-time European champion. She won the 2010–11 World Cup series and has seven World Cup victories to her n ...

(born 1982), Italian fencer *

Elisa Donovan Lisa Adaline Donovan (born February 3, 1971), known professionally as Elisa Donovan, is an American actress. She played the role of Amber in the 1995 teen comedy film ''Clueless'', and reprised her role in the TV series of the same name (1996-1 ...

(born 1971), American actress *

Lisvel Elisa Eve Lisvel Elisa Eve-Castillo ('' née'' Eve Mejía, born September 10, 1991 in Puerto Plata) is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who played for the Women's National Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also played the ...

(born 1991), Dominican Republic volleyball player *

Elisa Fiorillo Elisa Fiorillo (born February 28, 1969, Philadelphia) is an American singer, best known for appearing on the 1987 Jellybean song "Who Found Who", which reached number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. Personal life Fiorillo was born into a musical f ...

(born 1969), American singer *

Elisa Georgiou Elisa Georgiou ( gr, Ελίσα Γεωργίου) is a Cypriot/Australian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Cyprus 2013. Pageantry Star Cyprus 2013 Elisa won the title of ''Star Cyprus 2013'' and she also won the tit ...

(born 1994), Greek Cypriot model *

Elisa Iorio Elisa Iorio (born 21 March 2003) is an Italian artistic gymnast and was a member of the team who won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart. Iorio also won gold at the 2018 European Junior Championships where she addition ...

(born 2003), Italian artistic gymnast *

Elisa Izquierdo Elisa Izquierdo (February 11, 1989 – November 22, 1995) was a six-year-old Puerto Rican–Cuban-American girl who died of a brain hemorrhage inflicted by her mother, Awilda Lopez, at the peak of a prolonged and increasing campaign of physical, ...

(1989–1995), American female murder victim *

Elisa Jimenez Elisa Jimenez (born 1965) is an interdisciplinary artist, primarily in fashion design but also including writing, drawing, painting, performance art, and art installation. Her main ongoing project is called "The Hunger World," a world of marione ...

(born 1963), American fashion designer and ''Project Runway'' contestant *

Elisa Lam On February 19, 2013, the body of Canadian tourist Elisa Lam (; born 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 was re ...

(1991–2013), a Canadian student whose death at the Cecil Hotel attracted wide attention *

Elisa Lindström Eva Elisa Lindström (born 24 April 1991) is a Swedish pop and country music singer, and the lead singer for the dansband, Elisa's. Career As part of the music group Lali, she participated in Lilla Melodifestivalen in 2005, where their song t ...

, Swedish singer *

Elisa Kadigia Bove Elisa Kadigia Bove is an Italian actress. Personal life Kadigia Bove is of Italian Somalis, Italian-Somali descent.

(born 1943), Italian-Somali actress *

Elisa Radziwill 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 uses a solid-phase type of enzyme immunoassay (EIA) to detect the presence ...

(1803–1834), Polish aristocrat * Elisa Riedo, nanotechnologist *

Elisa Servenius Elisa Servenius, née ''Bernström'', also known as Johanna Servenius (fl. 1810), was a woman who served in the Swedish army dressed as a man during the Finnish War between Sweden and Russia 1808–1809. She was decorated for bravery in battle, and ...

(fl. 1809), Swedish soldier *

Elisa Silva Maria Elisa Silva (born 7 May 1999), known simply as Elisa, is a Portuguese singer from Ponta do Sol, Madeira. She won Festival da Canção 2020 and would have represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 held in Rotterdam, Netherlan ...

(born 1999), Portuguese singer * Elisa Siragusa (born 1986), Italian politician * Elisa Toffoli (born 1977), Italian singer *

Elisa Togut Elisa Togut (born 14 May 1978 in Gorizia) is an Italian former volleyball player who represented Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she ended up in ninth place with the Women's National Team. Two years later, ...

(born 1978), Italian volleyball player * Elisa Volpatto (born 1986), Brazilian television and film actress *

Elisa Zulueta Elisa Zulueta (born on September 14, 1981, in Santiago) is a Chilean television, theatre and film actress who studied at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Formerly, she worked for TVN where she made little works in telenovelas and se ...

(born 1984), Chilean television and film actress ;Fictional characters *

Elisa Maza Elisa Maza is a fictional character and the main human character on the Disney animated television series '' Gargoyles'', voiced by American actress Salli Richardson. In the series, she is an NYPD detective who is the steadfast ally (and honor ...

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 uses a solid-phase type of enzyme immunoassay (EIA) to detect the presence ...

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

Rae Carson Rae Carson (born 1973) is an American fantasy writer. Her debut novel, '' The Girl of Fire and Thorns'', was published in 2011. It was a finalist for the William C. Morris YA Award and the Andre Norton Award, and it was the winner of the Ohioan ...

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