The Name Alisa
Alisa is a female name of Germanic origin meaning “noble”. Below are the forms of the name, name days in the Orthodox calendar, character by tradition, numerology, the first letter, talismans and compatibility with other names.
Origin and meaning
Alisa is a female name of Germanic origin. Meaning: “noble”. From the French Alice, going back to the Germanic Adalheidis: adal, “noble”, and heit, “kind, sort”.
Forms of the name
| Full form | Alisa |
| Short forms | Alya, Lisa |
| Affectionate forms | Alisochka, Aliska |
Name days (angel’s day)
The name Alisa is not in the Orthodox church calendar. Empress Alexandra Feodorovna was named Alix (Alisa) before her Orthodox baptism, so girls named Alisa are often baptised Aleksandra.
A name day is the feast of the saint after whom a person was baptised. If several saints share the name, custom is to celebrate the first feast after the birthday. Shown here are the main feasts in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church, with civil (Gregorian) dates.
Character by tradition
Alisa, by tradition, is a curious, lively and independent nature. She is dreamy, loves the unusual and knows how to find her own way. She can be stubborn. Her strength is imagination and courage.
Name numerology
Letters of the name Alisa («Алиса») in the Russian 1–9 table: А 1 + Л 4 + И 1 + С 1 + А 1 = 8. The sum is reduced to one digit; the master numbers 11, 22 and 33 are kept.
Name number 8 — power and achievement. Eight is the number of business and money: organising talent, ambition, skill with resources. The weak spot is a domineering streak and measuring life by results.
Vowels give the soul number 3 (communication and creativity), consonants the personality number 5 (freedom and change). Inner motive: communication and creativity; outer manner: freedom and change. Such a gap is not bad in itself: others see one side, close people know the other.
In Slavic Cyrillic numerals (using the modern spelling of the name): А=1 + Л=30 + И=8 + С=200 + А=1 = 240, reduced to 6. Letters that had no numeric value are skipped. This is an additional digit, not a second name number: meanings for the Cyrillic numerals were added in the 20th century, modeled on Western numerology.
More: name number with surname, Slavic Cyrillic numerals, number meanings.
First letter and letters of the name
In letter reading — a popular tradition of interpreting letters — the first letter of the name matters most: it sets the main tone of character. The other letters add shades.
А — beginning and action. A wish to start, to be first and to act; a need for physical and emotional comfort.
Other letters: Л — sense of beauty; И — refinement and kindness; С — common sense.
Talismans of the name
Name books usually derive talismans from the name number and its planet; lists differ between authors. Here we follow Cheiro (“Book of Numbers”): number 8 is linked with the planet Saturn.
| Planet | Saturn |
| Stones | black pearl, dark sapphire, amethyst |
| Colours | dark grey, dark blue, black |
| Favourable days | Saturday |
Compatibility with other names
In numerology, compatibility of names is judged by their numbers. Number 8 goes most easily with 2, 4 and 6, and has more friction with 1 and 8.
Goes well with: Anton, Boris, Gordey, Elisey, Igor, Innokentiy, Lev, Luka, Stanislav, Stepan.
More friction with: Afanasiy, Grigoriy, Miron, Mihail, Nazar, Roman.
Check a couple precisely: compatibility by name.
Outcome
The name Alisa carries the meaning “noble”. Name number 8 — power and achievement; first letter A — beginning and action. Inner wishes (communication and creativity) and outer manner (freedom and change) differ: a person with this name needs close people to see more than what is shown.