Meaning and background
The story behind Lissi
Lissi belongs to Danish naming as a diminutive of Elisabet. That direct connection gives its double -s- spelling a specific personal-name background and offers a way to honor an Elisabet without using the full name every day. It should not automatically inherit an explanation from every similarly spelled Lizzie-like form. For a dog, the Danish relationship supplies the historical context while Lissi remains the complete everyday spelling.
- Origin
- Danish diminutive of Elisabet. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Lissi 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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