Where does “Eeva-Liisa” come from?
Eeva-Liisa (Finnish) comes from Finnish Liisa, from Finnish Elisabet, from Swedish Elisabet, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ, from Hebrew אלישבע, from Hebrew אֵל, from Hebrew שמואל, from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל.
Ancestry of “Eeva-Liisa”, step by step
Eeva-Liisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Liisa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Liisa | Alice, the heroine of Lewis Carroll's books |
| 2 | Finnish | Elisabet | Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist |
| 3 | Swedish | Elisabet | Elizabeth biblical character |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἐλισάβετ | Elizabeth mother of John the Baptist |
| 5 | Hebrew | אלישבע | my God is an oath; the Lord is her oath |
| 6 | Hebrew | אֵל | a God; God, deity; god, God |
| 7 | Hebrew | שמואל | — |
| 8 | Hebrew | שְׁמוּאֵל | — |