Liesl Explained

Liesl
Gender:	Female
Language:	German
Variant Forms:	Lieselotte, Elisabeth

Liesl is a feminine given name of German origin. It is a diminutive of Lieselotte and Elisabeth. Notable people with the name include:

• Liesl Herbst (1903–1990), Austrian tennis player
• Liesl Ischia, Australian diver
• Liesl Jobson, South African poet
• Liesl Karlstadt (1892–1960), German actress and cabaret performer
• Liesl Perkaus (1905–1987), Austrian track and field athlete
• Liesl Seewald, Austrian luger
• Liesl Tommy, South African-American director

Fictional characters

• Liesl von Trapp, a character in The Sound of Music and fictionalized version of Agathe von Trapp