Definition of "Lisa"

Elizabeth coloured. "Oh, I don't want the doll called after me, if that is what you mean," she said, rather disdainfully."Nonsense, Lisa!" laughed her father, "you ought to consider yourself highly honoured to have such a handsome lady as this for your namesake."

1868, William Meynell Whittmore, editor, Sunshine, page 138

Lisa is a better name. Claudia bangs, like the gong in the hall at Sotleigh. Bang - whoom! Lisa makes a nice silky noise, like streams or rain.

1997, Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger, Grove Press

Did I want to be burdened with a common name? Be the third Lisa and fourth Susan in my classroom? Darleen or Doreen or Maureen?I did.

2007, Elinor Lipman, My Latest Grievance, page 16

Both Macs and Lisas, along with Imagewriter printers, are part of the convention network organized by Sytek of Mountain View, California.

1984 July 23, Peggy Watt, “Democrats Computerize Politics”, in InfoWorld, volume 6, number 30, page 24