Liesel
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A diminutive of the female given name Elisabeth, from German
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Liesel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 19K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 276K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 21K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 177 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A diminutive of the female given name Elisabeth, from German.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
How Liesel is read(measured from records)
Liesel is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English44%
A diminutive of the female given name Elisabeth, from German.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- German34%
a diminutive of the female given name Elisabeth
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Spanish10%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Liesel in Spanish.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Liesel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 19K | 1 | Liesel | 63 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Liesel | 42 |
| US United States | 1,206 | 1 in 276K | 1.2K | Liesel | 177 |
| PH Philippines | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 227K | — | Liesel | 12 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 659K | — | Liesel | 6 |
| AU Australia | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 103K | 3 | Liesel | 79 |
| BE Belgium | ≈91 est. | ≈1 in 129K | 6 | Liesel | 9 |
| SE Sweden | 56 | 1 in 182K | 56 | — | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the de-leipzig-vornamen register; Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Liesel Schuchb. 1891DEGerman singer and opera singer (1891–1990)
- Liesel Kipp-Kauleb. 1906DEGerman politician (1906-1992)
- Liesel Christb. 1919DEGerman actress (1919–1996)
- Liesel Winkelsträterb. 1921DEGerman politician (1921-2010)
- Liesel Hartensteinb. 1928DEGerman politician (1928-2013)
- Liesel Markowskib. 1928DEGerman journalist (1928–2019)
- Liesel Moak Skorpenb. 1935GBAmerican writer
- Liesel Jakobib. 1939DEGerman long jumper and sprinter
- Liesel Westermannb. 1944DEGerman discus thrower
- Liesel Matthewsb. 1984USAmerican actress and philanthropist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 38 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.2K | #10,866 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 63 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 60 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 56 | #12,600 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 52 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 44 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 43 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 39 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 35 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 35 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 34 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 33 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Liesel mean, and where does it come from?
- A diminutive of the female given name Elisabeth, from German. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Liesel a male or female name?
- Liesel is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Liesel?
- In the etymology graph, Elizabeth, Lisa and Isabel are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Elisabeth.
- In which country does Liesel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.2 thousand people named Liesel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled liesel.
- How common is the name Liesel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,206 people named Liesel in 2020, about 1 in 276 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lieselThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Liesel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.