Elisha is a Hebrew male name meaning “my God is salvation” and is the name of a prophet in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran. Although it’s more commonly used as a male given name, it has had use as a female given name, surging in popularity in the 1980s. I don’t know whether the name was inspired by the Biblical figure or whether it was used as a variant spelling of Alicia or a combination of both, although in Hebrew Elisha is pronounced e-LIE-sha (similar to Elijah).
Origin: Hebrew
Variants:
- Elysha (English)
- Elishua (Biblical Hebrew)
- Eliseus (Biblical Latin, Latin)
- Eliseo (Italian, Spanish)
- Elisie (Macedonian)
- Elissaios (Ancient Greek)
- Alyasa (Arabic)
- Elyesa (Turkish)
