Elisa
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from French. A spelling variant of Elise.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Elisa (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Elisa has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2014. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 15 |
| 1999 | 14 |
| 2000 | 14 |
| 2001 | 17 |
| 2002 | 24 |
| 2003 | 20 |
| 2004 | 26 |
| 2005 | 31 |
| 2006 | 35 |
| 2007 | 34 |
| 2008 | 32 |
| 2009 | 35 |
| 2010 | 43 |
| 2011 | 43 |
| 2012 | 60 |
| 2013 | 50 |
| 2014 | 73 |
| 2015 | 67 |
| 2016 | 66 |
| 2017 | 57 |
| 2018 | 44 |
| 2019 | 54 |
| 2020 | 56 |
| 2021 | 49 |
| 2022 | 38 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 364 |
| 2000 | 380 |
| 2001 | 406 |
| 2002 | 433 |
| 2003 | 457 |
| 2004 | 485 |
| 2005 | 520 |
| 2006 | 557 |
| 2007 | 594 |
| 2008 | 642 |
| 2009 | 679 |
| 2010 | 720 |
| 2011 | 767 |
| 2012 | 837 |
| 2013 | 898 |
| 2014 | 976 |
| 2015 | 1,052 |
| 2016 | 1,140 |
| 2017 | 1,230 |
| 2018 | 1,280 |
| 2019 | 1,345 |
| 2020 | 1,401 |
Elisa in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Elisa.Hi! My name is Elisa.
- Elisa bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Elisa lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Elisa kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Elisa is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Elisas mamma är lärare.Elisa's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Elisas mamma is Elisa's mum.
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Questions about Elisa
How do you pronounce Elisa in Swedish?
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What does the name Elisa mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from French. A spelling variant of Elise.
How popular is Elisa in Sweden?
38 babies were named Elisa in 2022. In 2020, 1,401 people in Sweden had Elisa as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2014 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.