Lisa

plural Lisas

1. A female given name from Hebrew.

   You were born in the '70s? Were you named after Lisa on As the World Turns?

   3 more examples

   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, →ISBN

   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, →ISBN, page 16

plural Lisas

1. abbreviationellipsishistoricalcomputingEllipsis of Apple Lisa.

   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

2. slangAn idealised girlfriend.

plural LISAs

1. abbreviationacronymbusinessAcronym of lifetime individual savings account

1. abbreviationinitialismspaceESAInitialism of Laser Interferometer Space Antenna; abbreviation, used in LISA Pathfinder, an ESA space probe that will test technologies needed a gravitational wave observatory.