Lisan

given name · Latin script

Meaning: language

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/lisan/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Lisan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 24K(measured from records)
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 174K
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 352K

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.

Netherlands (measured from records)

724 people

Sources
98 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 24K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

language

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lisan 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.

Where Lisan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands7241 in 24K724Lisan36
TR Türkiye≈470 est.≈1 in 174K—Lisan2
PK Pakistan≈170 est.≈1 in 1.4Mlisted—1
US United States≈130 est.≈1 in 2.7MlistedLisan98
MY Malaysia≈93 est.≈1 in 352K—Lisan14
SG Singapore≈17 est.≈1 in 372K—Lisan9
JM Jamaica≈8 est.≈1 in 363K—Lisan5

724 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Lisan is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Netherlands

    Also written Lişan

  • Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Philippines, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Li-San, Lisán, Lisañ, Lísan

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Li-San, Lisān

  • Chinese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, China, Taiwan, Netherlands

    Also written Li-San

  • Bangla given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bangladesh, India

    Also written লিসান, Leshan, Lïsan

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Lisan is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Arabic, tongue, language. (J) cs! G, JL polial Ge Baae Slaly ool oot juny Goto "[Musa] said: My Lord!

    as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names

  • In Arabic, tongue; language

    as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names

  • In Spanish, third-person plural present indicative of lisar

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Filipino, departure; leaving (for a journey, trip, etc.)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Swedish, definite singular of lisa

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalMerhaba Lisan,Hi Lisan, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Lisan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

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 Lisan mean, and where does it come from?
language Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Lisan?
A machine transcription gives /lisan/ (IPA) for Turkish.
Is Lisan a male or female name?
Lisan is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Lisan have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 724 people named Lisan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lisan.
Where is Lisan most common?
Lisan is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 24 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Lisan?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 724 people named Lisan, about 1 in 24 thousand residents.

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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, “Lisan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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