Alisa

This name is also used in Iran. I did some research and I am not sure if this news is true or not, but they say that Alisa also has Arabic roots.

Also Azerbaijani: https://www.behindthename.com/name/alisa/top/azerbaijan

Also Latvian: https://personvardi.pmlp.gov.lv/index.php?name=Alisa

Also Estonian: https://www.stat.ee/nimed/Alisa

Also Flemish: http://www.names.be/meisjesnamen.html?met=Alisa&sort=alpha

Also occasionally used in Dutch: https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Alisa

Also Romanian.

Also Armenian.

Alisa is also the Georgian form of Alice. The name is written as ალისა in Georgian. [noted -ed]

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For more information, please see:

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- https://kids.ge/baby-name?id=7 (in Georgian)
- see the entry for Alisa: https://web.archive.org/web/20130130185958/http://name.interes.ge/dreams.php?action=search&by=%E1%83%90&nr_page=2 (in Georgian; the entry's own page unfortunately was not archived)
- see the entry for Alisa: http://www.geogen.ge/ge/wsearch/4304/ (in Georgian; this website copied the complete entry of the prior link)
- Alisa Asitashvili (1934-2015), a Georgian basketball player: https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90_%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98 (in Georgian)
- (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Alisa&last=&search=Zoeken
• https://ge.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Alisa/+/ge-0-Georgi%C3%AB (lists only bearers living in Georgia)
- You can also find plenty of Georgian bearers on Facebook! The best way to find them is to search per city, preferably the most populous ones of Georgia: Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, Rustavi, Gori and Zugdidi.

Also used in Belarus.

Also Hungarian: https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alisa

Gender: Feminine

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Usages: Hungarian

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Pronunciation: ah-LEE-shah

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Meaning: Hungarian spelling of the dutch version of ALICE. German origins, meaning "noble".

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(Information from name #346740 originally submitted by user epresvanilia)

Also Slovene: https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seznam_osebnih_imen_na_A
You'll find numerous bearers on social media.

Also used in Estonia: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alisa

In English, Alisa is sometimes used as a diminutive of Alexandra.

Also Bosnian form of Alice. [noted -ed]

More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Alisa are female.
Also Bulgarian.

Also Croatian, Serbian and Ukrainian form of Alice. [noted -ed]

Also used in Finland. [noted -ed]

Very popular name in Russia these days.

The name Alisa is also used in Turkey.

Also a feminine name in Slovenia.

This is not only a Russian name, but an English one as well. On the website www.namestatistics.com, it is the #603 most common U.S. female name.