Leasa
Feminine · “My God is an oath”
Leasa is one of the ways American parents wrote a two-syllable name that has no difficult sounds in it at all — which turns out to be the problem. The easier a name is to say, the more ways there are to spell it.
How old is the name Leasa?
Leasa first appears in US birth records in 1951 — 74 years ago. The typical Leasa alive today was born around 1965, making them about 60 years old. About 800 people named Leasa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Leasa most popular?
Leasa peaked in 1964, reaching #1405 nationally. See the whole 1964 chart.
Where it comes from
From Elisheva to Leasa
The story of Leasa
The shape of the name is the whole of its practical story. Two syllables, an open vowel in each, no cluster of consonants anywhere: that is the easiest possible thing for a small child to say and for anyone to hear across a room, which is why names of that shape recur in every language on earth. The cost is that the sound can be written a dozen ways and every one of them looks reasonable. This name also has the distinction of being borrowed by a machine: the first personal computer that a large American company named after a person was called Lisa, after the founder's daughter, and the engineers were handed an acronym afterward to explain the letters in public. A name easy enough for a child is also easy enough for a marketing department.
Meaningscholars disagree
My God is an oath, if Elizabeth is behind it
Lisa comes from the middle of Elizabeth, a Hebrew name usually read as a statement about an oath sworn to God, though the second half of it has been argued over for a long time. Some bearers of this spelling come from Lisa and some from Alisa or Annalisa, and the record does not distinguish them.
How the name formed
- Elisheva
- Elizabeth
- Lisa
- Leasa
Related forms: Lisa · Lisa · Lisa
Pronouncing Leasa
LEE-suh
Two syllables, stress at the front. The ea spells a long e here; the same pair spells a short one in head and bread, and nothing in the word says which.
Nicknames for Leasa
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1951
- Most girls named
- 196464 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1405reached in 1964
- Change vs 1989
- −33.3%6 in 1990, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Leasa in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lisa in German — same name
- Lisa in Italian — same name
- Lisa in Swedish — same name
Leasas among us
people named Leasa are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Leasa sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is as easy to say as a name gets, at any age and in any language.
- It is short enough to need no nickname and warm enough not to want one.
- The name behind it is among the most widely understood in the world.
- Lisa, Leesa, Liesa and Lyssa are all in use, and hers will be written as one of them.
- The ea spelling makes a familiar name look unfamiliar, which invites a hesitation.
- It reads as a short form, so the long name may be assumed.
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Frequently asked
- How many Leasas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Leasa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Leasa in 2025?
- Leasa is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Leasa with classmates?
- Leasa will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More L names
The most-given names starting with L, all years combined.
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