Ailsa (name)

Ailsa is a feminine given name, and is an alternative form of Alice. Notable people with the name include:

• Alisa Agafonova (born 1991), Ukrainian ice dancer
• Ailsa Berk, British actress
• Ailsa Mellon Bruce (1901–1969), American art collector
• Alisa Buchinger (born 1992), Australian karateka
• Alisa Camplin (born 1974), American aerial skier
• Ailsa Carmichael, Lady Carmichael (born 1969), Scottish advocate and judge
• Ailsa Chang (born 1976), American journalist
• Alisa Childers (born 1975), American singer
• Alisa Drei (born 1978), Finnish figure skater
• Alisa Durbrow (born 1988), Japanese model, actress and singer
• Ailsa McGown Clark (1926–2014), British zoologist
• Ailsa Craig (journalist) (1917–2012), Australian journalist
• Alisa Efimova (born 1999), Finnish-Russian pair skater
• Alisa Esage (born 1984), Russian cybersecurity researcher
• Alisa Freindlich (born 1934), Russian actress
• Alisa Galliamova (born 1972), Russian chess player
• Alisa Ganieva (born 1985), Russian author
• Ailsa Garland (1917–1982), British journalist
• Alisa Harvey (born 1965), American middle-distance runner
• Ailsa Hughes (born 1991), Irish rugby player
• Ailsa Keating, French-British mathematician
• Alisa Kirilyuk (born 1990), Russian sailor
• Alisa Kleybanova (born 1989), Russian tennis player
• Alisa Kwitney (born 1964), American writer
• Ailsa Land (1927–2021), English professor
• Ailsa Lister (born 2004), Scottish cricketer
• Ailsa Magnus (born 1967), Scottish sculptor
• Ailsa Mainman, British archaeologist and ceramics specialist
• Alisa Marić (born 1970), Serbian chess player
• Ailsa Maxwell (1922–2020), British code breaker and historian
• Ailsa McGilvary, New Zealand bird conservationist and photographer
• Ailsa McKay (1963–2014), Scottish economist
• Ailsa O'Connor (1921–1980), Australian artist and sculptor
• Alisa van Oijen (born 1992), Austrian cyclist
• Alisa Ozhogina (born 2000), Spanish synchronized swimmer
• Ailsa Piper (born 1959), Australian actress, director and performer
• Alisa Vainio (born 1997), Finnish long-distance runner
• Alisa Valdes (born 1969), American writer
• Ailsa A. Welch (born 1956), British scientist
• Alisa Xayalith (born 1986), New Zealand musician
• Alisa Zhambalova (born 1994), Russian cross-country skier

Fictional characters

• Ailsa Stewart, fictional character from Home and Away
• Alisa Seleznyova, fictional character from an eponymous children's book series

See also

• Marquess of Ailsa, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1831