Lisamarie
Feminine · “an oath by God”
Both halves of this compound are already short forms. Lisa is a shortening of Elizabeth and Marie a shortening of Miriam by way of Maria, so the name joins two abbreviations rather than two full names — which makes it, in a sense, four names deep and considerably shorter than any of them.
How old is the name Lisamarie?
Lisamarie first appears in US birth records in 1959 — 66 years ago. The typical Lisamarie alive today was born around 1985, making them about 40 years old. About 1,800 people named Lisamarie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lisamarie most popular?
Lisamarie peaked in 1987, reaching #1519 nationally. See the whole 1987 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Elizabeth to Lisamarie
The story of Lisamarie
The first element belongs to the most prolific name in English. Elizabeth has produced more short forms than any other — Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betty, Betsy, Eliza, Elsie, Ella, Libby, Lisa, Lizzie, Lilibet and a dozen more, several of which are now full names in their own right and read as unrelated to it. The reason is simply length and frequency: a four-syllable name in constant use for five centuries gets cut in every possible place by every generation, and each cut that catches on becomes permanent. This name is built on one of the cuts.
Meaningscholars disagree
an oath by God, joined with a name whose meaning is not settled
The first element runs back to a Hebrew name about swearing or about God's abundance, and the second to one that has never been securely explained. Half the compound is clear and half is not.
How the name formed
- Elizabeth
- Lisa
- Lisamarie
Pronouncing Lisamarie
LEE-suh-muh-ree
Four syllables with the main weight at the front, said as one word. The join between the halves is not audible at conversational speed.
Nicknames for Lisamarie
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
- 1959
- Most girls named
- 198982 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1519reached in 1987
- Change vs 2023
- −16.7%5 in 2024, from 6
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.
Lisamaries among us
people named Lisamarie 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
Lisamarie 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
- Both halves are complete names that work independently.
- The rhythm is long and even and rather graceful.
- Every sound in it is soft and easy to say.
- It is written as one word, two words and hyphenated, and records will disagree.
- Four syllables is long and most people will use one half.
- The compound style is tied to a particular stretch of decades.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lisamaries are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Lisamarie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lisamarie in 2025?
- Lisamarie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Lisamarie with classmates?
- Lisamarie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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