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The baby name Eliza is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ɪˈlaɪzə/ (ih-LY-zə).

Eliza is Hebrew in Origin.

Gender: Female
Syllables: 3.0
Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: /ɪˈlaɪzə/ (ih-LY-zə)

What is the meaning of the name Eliza ?

The baby name Eliza is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ɪˈlaɪzə/ (ih-LY-zə).

Eliza is Hebrew in Origin.

Eliza is an English short form of Elizabeth, ultimately from Hebrew Elisheva, meaning "my God is an oath/pledge." Via the Greek Elisabet and Latin Elisabetha, it settled in English by the 16th-17th centuries; by the 18th century Eliza was widely used as an independent given name. It enjoyed steady favor in Britain and America through the 19th century, buoyed by literary visibility, and saw a modern revival in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Cultural touchstones include Eliza Doolittle of Shaw's Pygmalion and the musical My Fair Lady.

Variants and cognates include Liza, Elisa, Elise, Eliska (Czech), and international use of Eliza in Polish and Romanian; pet forms include Liz, Lizzie, and Ellie. Related offshoots from the Elizabeth root include Elsa and Elsie. The name conveys a sense of commitment or faith ("pledged to God") while maintaining an elegant, brisk style.

Eliza has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Eliza

Eliza Dushku Actor · Born 1980 · United States Eliza Dushku is best known for playing Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. She is an American actress of Albanian heritage who later retired from acting, and she also appeared in films like Bring It On and True Lies. Eliza McCardle Johnson Politician · Born 1810 · United States Eliza McCardle Johnson is best known as the first lady of the United States from 1865 to 1869, as the wife of President Andrew Johnson. She had also briefly served as second lady in 1865 while her husband was vice president. Eliza Taylor Actor · Born 1989 · Australia Eliza Taylor is an Australian actor best known for her role as Clarke Griffin on the popular TV series The 100. She began her career on the Australian soap opera Neighbours, where she played Janae Timmins. Born in 1989, Eliza has become a familiar face on television screens around the world.
Eliza Scanlen Actor · Born 1999 · Australia Eliza Scanlen is an Australian actress best known for Sharp Objects and Home and Away. Born on 6 January 1999, she first gained attention as Tabitha Ford on Home and Away, then earned critical acclaim for playing a troubled teenager in Sharp Objects and later appeared in the BBC series Dope Girls. Eliza Bennett Actor · Born 1992 · United Kingdom Eliza Bennett is an English actress and singer best known for playing Meggie Folchart in Inkheart. She has also appeared as Tora in Nanny McPhee, Susan in From Time to Time, and Holly Manson in the West End musical Loserville. Eliza Coupe Actor · Born 1981 · United States Eliza Coupe is an American actress and comedian best known for playing Jane Kerkovich-Williams on Happy Endings and Denise "Jo" Mahoney on Scrubs. She also starred as Tiger in Future Man, had a recurring role in Quantico, and appeared in the Fox comedy Pivoting in 2022.

Eliza – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Girls 2025 #1 — 874
Germany Girls 2025 #1 — 411
FJ Girls 0 #9 1 583
SV 0 #11 1 283
SV Girls 0 #17 2 458
HN 0 #21 2 704
DJ Girls 0 #29 1 488
BN 0 #32 1 2,297
MD 0 #32 3 434
TM Girls 0 #35 1 574
HN Girls 0 #38 1 884
ID 0 #39 1 2,238
MT 0 #42 2 1,767
GE 0 #44 1 997
MO 0 #47 6 2,706
GT Girls 0 #48 1,479 7,500
CY 0 #52 9 1,632
PR 0 #54 2 1,497
CM 0 #56 1 2,592
IN 0 #71 1 2,963
CY Girls 0 #72 50 3,755
AL 0 #74 3 2,372
AZ Girls 0 #75 1 1,051
AF 0 #76 1 1,883
JP 0 #76 2 4,057
AO 0 #77 1 2,729
SI 0 #77 4 1,612
BG 0 #78 5 1,799
MD Girls 0 #84 9 865
CN 0 #86 1 3,857
LT 0 #87 2 949
ID Girls 0 #89 10 3,319
BN Girls 0 #93 14 5,459
GE Girls 0 #93 12 1,564
AF Girls 0 #94 1 2,402
TW 0 #97 7 4,523
PL Girls 0 #99 1,486 5,096
PH 0 #102 9 5,607
EC 0 #104 12 2,502
QA 0 #104 3 7,011
HU 0 #111 5 1,675
OM 0 #115 7 6,215
United States Girls 2024 #117 2,303 8,487
Norway Girls 2025 #118 9 453
GR 0 #119 16 3,911
Switzerland Girls 2024 #120 16 1,786
KW 0 #120 2 5,216
GT 0 #128 222 5,948
EE Girls 0 #129 10 1,888
EC Girls 0 #130 119 3,650
MT Girls 0 #131 21 3,773
PL 0 #131 124 2,600
IQ 0 #133 1 3,533
PA 0 #133 6 3,797
MU 0 #136 2 3,613
RS Girls 0 #137 1 1,651
JO 0 #139 2 2,158
BW Girls 0 #143 9 4,216
CR 0 #147 12 5,526
GR Girls 0 #149 96 6,293
PR Girls 0 #150 12 3,171
SI Girls 0 #153 22 2,769
AE 0 #165 13 10,220
Belgium Girls 2024 #166 20 424
Sweden Girls 2022 #167 13 1,568
HU Girls 0 #168 58 3,308
HU Boys 0 #174 1 3,954
LU Girls 0 #176 10 4,850
UY 0 #177 6 2,477
BG Girls 0 #182 42 3,559
LT Girls 0 #182 13 1,904
Canada Girls 2024 #186 102 2,795
RU 0 #187 8 3,641
AO Girls 0 #188 22 4,575
AL Girls 0 #190 33 4,141
AR 0 #192 2 2,915
JP Girls 0 #197 49 6,592
NA Girls 0 #198 27 7,146
DK 0 #199 8 5,198
MO Girls 0 #202 50 7,056
CR Girls 0 #203 478 11,342
RU Girls 0 #216 444 11,913
BG Boys 0 #220 1 3,850
PH Girls 0 #222 180 13,098
PS 0 #224 3 5,692
SG 0 #224 46 11,010
CO Girls 0 #226 3,485 16,140
MX Girls 0 #226 4,142 17,781
IR 0 #231 1 4,221
PA Girls 0 #231 298 9,861
BD 0 #235 7 5,992
TW Girls 0 #241 36 8,139
EC Boys 0 #244 3 3,322
GH 0 #245 4 5,396
HK Girls 0 #247 544 16,104
PT 0 #247 4 4,161
AO Boys 0 #248 2 5,568
NA Boys 0 #252 2 6,830
QA Girls 0 #255 62 15,378
TW Boys 0 #256 1 7,111
BO Girls 0 #261 521 9,488
NG 0 #272 1 5,926
JM Girls 0 #276 3 7,507
HK 0 #277 72 8,483
KZ Girls 0 #277 44 5,862
PE Girls 0 #279 1,574 14,861
IL 0 #280 3 6,291
MY 0 #283 48 12,352
PE 0 #285 26 6,350
HR Girls 0 #286 9 3,687
BR 0 #292 54 5,969
DK Girls 0 #292 25 7,429
KZ Boys 0 #295 2 6,578
SD Girls 0 #301 45 7,678
AL Boys 0 #302 2 5,122
GH Girls 0 #303 22 6,973
CN Girls 0 #306 44 8,829
MX 0 #309 105 8,339
SA 0 #309 4 10,560
JO Girls 0 #311 15 7,570
BR Girls 0 #313 1,368 12,708
BO 0 #320 62 6,868
UY Girls 0 #322 219 6,731
CZ Girls 0 #324 18 5,378
MU Girls 0 #329 23 8,539
BD Girls 0 #331 56 8,413
CN Boys 0 #331 1 9,639
OM Girls 0 #331 66 15,987
France Girls 2021 #337 69 3,185
PL Boys 0 #338 3 6,459
SG Girls 0 #352 242 18,916
NL 0 #358 34 2,481
GH Boys 0 #361 1 8,138
KW Girls 0 #367 149 19,177
MU Boys 0 #369 1 8,477
Finland Girls 0 #377 15 1,368
PT Boys 0 #379 3 7,951
CO 0 #384 97 7,768
JO Boys 0 #388 2 7,057
YE 0 #393 6 8,639
Austria Girls 0 #399 22 1,885
PH Boys 0 #407 2 11,440
PT Girls 0 #407 45 7,952
UY Boys 0 #412 2 5,922
AE Girls 0 #420 134 20,968
Germany 0 #420 18 2,542
ZA 0 #424 24 14,421
CL 0 #428 7 6,867
Spain 0 #431 22 2,326
GT Boys 0 #447 28 7,625
AR Girls 0 #448 158 8,289
SD Boys 0 #464 3 10,523
PS Girls 0 #476 48 10,981
IQ Girls 0 #489 16 11,303
IR Girls 0 #494 37 8,334
PA Boys 0 #502 4 9,305
CM Girls 0 #504 37 11,671
CR Boys 0 #506 5 10,188
BH 0 #510 44 17,937
MY Girls 0 #518 550 24,821
RU Boys 0 #519 8 12,621
LY 0 #521 15 12,703
CL Girls 0 #541 338 14,098
HK Boys 0 #554 4 12,905
IN Girls 0 #559 73 13,121
PS Boys 0 #560 2 10,655
IL Girls 0 #565 53 11,648
IR Boys 0 #565 1 10,162
NL Girls 0 #570 420 5,933
CM Boys 0 #575 1 12,054
SA Girls 0 #594 354 25,931
BO Boys 0 #614 9 9,244
LB 0 #616 43 13,263
ZA Girls 0 #640 623 25,928
IT 0 #657 58 4,183
Finland Girls 2026 #672 67 3,895
Germany Girls 0 #689 151 4,949
IQ Boys 0 #695 3 13,071
CL Boys 0 #699 2 13,390
Spain Girls 0 #706 291 5,561
SY 0 #713 16 11,684
BR Boys 0 #730 22 12,213
SG Boys 0 #739 1 17,960
NG Girls 0 #740 47 15,093
QA Boys 0 #743 1 18,093
IT Girls 0 #745 945 9,415
KW Boys 0 #800 7 18,755
TN 0 #809 21 13,765
PE Boys 0 #856 23 14,506
CO Boys 0 #882 39 15,656
United States Boys 2023 #892 7 7,053
OM Boys 0 #918 1 17,948
EG Girls 0 #919 41 14,742
EG Boys 0 #925 1 15,035
MX Boys 0 #937 46 16,355
NL Boys 0 #941 11 5,873
NG Boys 0 #999 3 16,906
TR 0 #1,017 195 19,440
IN Boys 0 #1,032 8 16,750
MY Boys 0 #1,098 14 25,439
MA 0 #1,100 29 20,986
DZ 0 #1,119 58 20,130
AE Boys 0 #1,137 7 22,615
ZA Boys 0 #1,146 33 25,619
SA Boys 0 #1,589 26 28,008

Eliza is popular in 95 countries — most recent births per country:

France
Norway
Scotland, United Kingdom
Ireland
Canada

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People also ask about Eliza

Eliza is predominantly a girl's name.
Eliza is a 3 syllable name, pronounced /ɪˈlaɪzə/ (ih-LY-zə).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Elizabeth, Elisa, Liza, Liz, Lizzie and Elise.
Across languages, Eliza has these equivalents: Elisa (Spanish, Italian, Portuguese), Élise/Élisa (French), Elizaveta/Елизавета (Russian), Elisheva (Hebrew, אֱלִישֶׁבַע), Elżbieta (Polish), and 2 more.
Yes, very popular — Eliza ranked #1 in Ireland in 2025, and appears in official birth registries across 12 countries.
Eliza ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2025).
Eliza's popularity is declining. It moved from #334 in 2011 to #337 in 2021 in France.
Yes — 6 notable people named Eliza are in our database, including Eliza Dushku (Actor), Eliza McCardle Johnson (Politician), Eliza Taylor (Actor).