Lisi

Girls' name

English equivalent of Louis

Lisi has been given to 24 babies in the U.S. since 1965. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1965, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Lisi, 2008

1 in 655,000

Lisi over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lisi: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Louis

Latin

What Lisi means

Lisi is a English equivalent of Louis.

Origin, language, and formation

Lisi is used in Sicilian. Its origins include Latin.

Lisi comes through Medieval Latin Ludovīcus and Latin Ludovīcus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Louis.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Sicilian, Lisi is pronounced /ˈli.si/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 24 girls were recorded with the name Lisi between 1965 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1965; its best national rank was #5,094 in 1965.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Lisi?

Lisi had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2008, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2008: 1 in 655,000; 6 of 3,930,727 births
Among girls only: 1 in 315,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2008: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 454,097 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lisi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2008 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 454,097 children born in 2008 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lisi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lisis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lisi was born before 1966 — so the typical Lisi is around 59 today.

Median birth year: 1966; About 59 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 54.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 25.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 24; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 54.2% of all recorded uses (13).

Is Lisi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1965 (8)
Years since peak: 60; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,094; 1965

Spellings of Lisi

Lisi is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 39.8% against Lisi's <0.01%.

Lisa39.8%967,229
Lori14.1%341,911
Lois13.7%332,950
Lily7.8%189,644
Lila3.2%76,493
Elise3.1%75,186
Elisa2.0%47,661
Alisa1.4%34,705

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Lisi around the world

Where Lisi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1984–1984
#468
in 1984

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Lisi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,094; 1965
Peak year: 1965; 8 that year
First recorded: 1965
Last recorded: 2008
All-time count: 24
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lisi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Liss Lisle Lisl Lissy Lish Sisi Nisi Lisbed Lisann Lislie Lishia Liseli Lismar Lisbel Lisel Lismary Alisi Lis Lisanna Lisbon Khalisi Lisah Lised Lisajo

Sibling names for Lisi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Sarita Kandy Bettina Zina Kenneth Rona Vonda Zena

For a brother

Darron Daron Kip Deron Daren Tad Richie Kennedy

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