Lisette
Feminine · “my God is an oath”
Lisette is the French spelling with an s, and in French theater it was for two centuries the name of the clever servant who runs the plot.
How old is the name Lisette?
Lisette first appears in US birth records in 1882 — 143 years ago. The typical Lisette alive today was born around 1988, making them about 37 years old. About 9,200 people named Lisette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lisette most popular?
Lisette peaked in 1999, reaching #615 nationally. Today it ranks #4661, 4,046 places below that high. See the whole 1999 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Elisheva to Lisette
The story of Lisette
French comedy from Molière through Marivaux used a small set of stock names, and Lisette was reliably the maid — quick, unsentimental and usually the only character who understands what is happening. Marivaux gave her leading roles. The convention was strong enough that an eighteenth-century audience knew a Lisette's function before she spoke. The name remained ordinary in France alongside its stage life.
Meaning
my God is an oath
From Elizabeth through French Lise, with the diminutive -ette. The Hebrew Elisheva joins el, God, to a root meaning to swear or to seven. Lisette and Lizette differ only in the letter chosen for the s sound.
How the name formed
- Elisheva
- Lise
- Lisette
Related forms: Lisette · Lizette · Liesel
Pronouncing Lisette
lee-ZET
Two syllables with the stress on the second; the single s is said as a z in French.
Nicknames for Lisette
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
- 1882
- Most girls named
- 2000256 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #615reached in 1999
- Change vs 2023
- 0.0%29 in 2025, from 29
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.
Lisette in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lisette in French — same name
- Lizette in English — spelling variant
- Liesel in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas.
Lisettes among us
people named Lisette are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 55,423 born in 2025 was named Lisette
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Lisette
- #4661
- Lisette on the 2025 chart
- #902
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Lisette went to 29 girls in 2025, but Lizette is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 58, which makes it the 902nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,759 places above the chart.
- Lisette29
- Lizette29
About 1 girl in 27,712 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 55,423 for Lisette itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Norine test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lisette's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Norine climbed just as high around 1912, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Norine's path sketches the road Lisette is walking now.
Lisette sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Lisette is headed
Lisette should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Lisette beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lisette in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with one of Europe's largest name families behind it.
- Lise and Lissy are both ready short forms.
- A genuinely distinctive theatrical history behind it.
- Lisette and Lizette are both in use and will be confused constantly.
- The single s is said as a z, which English readers may not expect.
- Seven letters and two syllables, manageable but not short.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lisettes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 9,200 people named Lisette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Lisette?
- Lisette is the most-used spelling in US records — 29 of the 58 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Lizette.
- How popular is the name Lisette in 2025?
- Lisette ranks #4661 among US girl names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lisette?
- About 1 in every 55,423 US girls born in 2025 was named Lisette — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lisette with classmates?
- Lisette will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Lisette
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