The Story Behind Lisa Marie Presley's Name

7/17/2014

Priscilla Presley, regularly answers the questions of Elvis fans via her Facebook page.

Here is a fan question regarding Lisa's name and Priscilla's answer from July 10th.

Q: How did you and Elvis choose Lisa Marie's name?

A: "I bought a book of baby names for Elvis and I to choose from. We would lay in bed night after night looking through all the names that would sound good together. We decided that Lisa Marie was beautiful for a girl and I loved the name John Baron for a boy...he agreed. From what I hear, it was written somewhere that we may have taken the name Marie after Col. Parker, his manager's wife, who was named Marie. That is not true. We just simply... liked those two names together."

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Lisa Marie Presley was born to Elvis & Priscilla on February 1, 1968 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN.

On Lisa's 25th birthday in 1993, she inherited her Father's estate. Today Lisa has 100% sole personal ownership of Graceland Mansion and all of her Father's personal effects. Lisa also owns 15% of Elvis Presley Enterprises.

On April 8, 2003, Lisa released her debut album, To Whom It May Concern. It reached No. 5 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and was certified gold in June 2003. Her second album, released April 5, 2005, Now What, reached No. 9 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was certified gold in November 2005. Her third album, Storm & Grace, was released on May 15, 2012. Storm & Grace, is produced by Oscar and Grammy winner T-Bone Burnett.

Lisa is an activist for many charitable causes including: The LEAP Program in Memphis, The Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation, The Angel Network, The Grammy Foundation, and World Vision. Lisa was very active with recovery of Hurricane Katrina. On June 24, 2011, Lisa was awarded in the state of Tennessee where the Governor, Bill Haslam, proclaimed a day of recognition for Lisa Marie Presley to honor her charitable efforts. Most recently Lisa has been an activist for The Dream Factory and the charity World Vision.

Lisa is a Mother of four: Model & Actress Riley Keough and son Ben with former husband, Danny Keough. Lisa has twin girls, Harper and Finley, born October 7, 2008 with her husband, Michael Lockwood. Lisa currently lives in Tunbridge Wells, England with her husband, Michael Lockwood. Since moving to Britain Lisa has said: "We have found the quality of life so much more enriching and fulfilling. The civility, the culture, the people and its beauty have reawakened me and have smoothed out some of my bleak and jagged views about people and life."

Lisa's current album is "Storm & Grace" which was released May 15, 2012.

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Elvis Presley Fans of Nashville, President Caroline Pratt and Lisa Marie Presley.