Origin: Germanic Meaning: Noble Usage: Spanish, English, Russian Pronounced: a-LEE-sa Name day: December 16 Diminutive: Aliska, Alisochka
Alisa is a variant of Alicia which is a Latinized form of Alice, a short form of the Old French Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis. Adalheidis is composed of the elements 'adal' - 'noble' and 'heid' – 'kind, sort, type'. This was the name of the wife of Otto the Great, and also the wife of King William IV of Britain . A city in Australia bears this name.
Alisa is the name of the heroine of Lewis Carroll's ' Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass'.
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