Meaning and background
The story behind Lisel
Lisel has a literary namesake in poet and translator Lisel Mueller. The Pulitzer Prizes records her 1997 poetry award for Alive Together: New and Selected Poems. Its biography also lists earlier collections and her translations from German, while discussing her interest in family history, music and language. For someone choosing Lisel with poetry in mind, Mueller provides a specific connection. The award record does not establish the personal name’s derivation.
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- Poet Lisel Mueller, winner of the1997 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Lisel appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
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