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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Elisanna f. Morlet (II:46b) notes that this is a Romance construction made by truncating Elizabeth arbitrarily to Elis-, and then augmenting with an arbitrary ending.

France
Latin
c823 Elisanna (nom) irminon-vol2 16, CE
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Elisanna". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Elisanna.