Lise
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from French. From the French, and possible also from Scandinavian, Lise. Variant of more common English Lisa.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Lise (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, Lise has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2009. 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 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 7 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 4 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 438 |
| 2000 | 442 |
| 2001 | 449 |
| 2002 | 446 |
| 2003 | 455 |
| 2004 | 455 |
| 2005 | 455 |
| 2006 | 470 |
| 2007 | 478 |
| 2008 | 484 |
| 2009 | 492 |
| 2010 | 488 |
| 2011 | 496 |
| 2012 | 497 |
| 2013 | 498 |
| 2014 | 498 |
| 2015 | 501 |
| 2016 | 502 |
| 2017 | 505 |
| 2018 | 500 |
| 2019 | 502 |
| 2020 | 502 |
Lise in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lise.Hi! My name is Lise.
- Lise har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Lise has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Lise i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Lise this afternoon.
- Lises mamma är lärare.Lise's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lises mamma is Lise's mum.
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Questions about Lise
How do you pronounce Lise in Swedish?
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What does the name Lise mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from French. From the French, and possible also from Scandinavian, Lise. Variant of more common English Lisa.
How popular is Lise in Sweden?
4 babies were named Lise in 2022. In 2020, 502 people in Sweden had Lise as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2009 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.