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Name Origin

Lise is a Scandinavian given name, often considered a shortened form of Elisabeth or Elisabetha. It carries the traditional meaning associated with Elisabeth, which is 'my God is abundance' or 'my God is oath'.

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Famous People

Lise Meitner (1878-1968)

Physicist

  • Key figure in the discovery of nuclear fission
  • First woman to hold a full professorship at the University of Berlin