Gulisa

It turns out that this name is not a diminutive at all! It is actually derived from Georgian გულის (gulis), which is the genitive of the noun გული (guli) meaning "heart". As such, the literal meaning of this name is actually "of the heart". [noted -ed]

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- see the declension table for გული (guli): https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98#Inflection (in English)

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For more information, please see:

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- http://kids.ge/baby-name?id=690 (in Georgian)
- see the entry for Gulisa: http://www.geogen.ge/ge/wsearch/4306/ (in Georgian; does not explicitly explain the etymology because it is already blatantly obvious to a native Georgian speaker)
- Gulisa meaning "for heart": https://web.archive.org/web/20130122113737/http://www.open.ge/art/Georgian_names.htm (in English; the author of this list speaks English as a second language and I think they actually meant to say "from the heart" i.e. "of the heart")

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Also compare the difference between feminine names like გულვარდი (Gulvardi) and გულისვარდი (Gulisvardi).