Cheerful; God is my oath
Jolisa is a modern American blended name. It likely combines the prefix 'Jo', derived from names like Jolene (French for 'pretty') or Josephine (Hebrew for 'Jehovah increases'), with the suffix 'lisa', a diminutive of Elizabeth meaning 'pledged to God'.
Less common today
Jolisa isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,372 in 1991.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
