Eliza Name Meaning & Origin
Eliza
Origin of the name Eliza:
Short form of Elizabeth (God is my oath) that is now commonly bestowed as an independent given name. Eliza Dolittle was the name of the central character in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion (1913), on which the popular musical and film My Fair Lady is based.
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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- English and Welsh Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in England and Wales (2013)
- Irish Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in Northern Ireland 2014
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- Australian Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in Australia (Victoria), 2010
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- Welsh Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in Wales
- Welsh Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in Wales
- Welsh Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in Wales
- Australian Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in Australia (New South Wales) for 2012
- Australian Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in Australia (Victoria) for 2012
- Polish Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in Poland
- Hungarian Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in Hungary
- Australian Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in Australia (New South Wales)
- Australian Girls Names: Most Popular Names for Girls in Australia (Victoria)
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- Comments and insights on the name Eliza
Beautiful, Fun-loving, cute girl.
Alize, Eliza and Zelia are anagrams of each other; they contain the same letters.
- Personal experiences with the name Eliza
My baby girl is named Eliza. She is such a joy!
My name is Eliza, and I get plenty of compliments on it, but I have also had people say things like "You know Eliza is a really dorky name, right?" and I'm continually being called "Liza."
One of my best friends' names is Eliza. I think it is a cute, classic name. People constantly mistake her name for just "Liza", but that doesn't bother her too much.
There's an old song called "Little Liza Jane", and I didn't like the name Eliza when I was a kid. But now I like it very much, I think it's a very pretty name.
My best friends name is Eliza Rose. The name suit her so well, I love it!
- Nicknames for Eliza
Liza, Liz, Ellie, Eli, Lizzie, Lilibet, Lizey, Lizzi, Izzy, Elzi, Elizey
- Meanings and history of the name Eliza
My oldest daughter is Eliza Jane. I named her after the character in My Fair Lady because I knew my daughter would be spunky and pretty, just like Eliza Doolittle, and she is!
- Famous real-life people named Eliza
Eliza Dushku - American actress
Eliza Snow - Mormon poet and wife to Joseph Smith and Brigham Young (Mormon leaders)
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton- called Eliza or Betsie. Wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton.
Eliza Giles (b. 2012), daughter of Canadian actress Caterina Scorsone- Eliza in song, story & screen
Eliza Doolittle, character in "My Fair Lady"
Eliza Thornberry, character in "The Wild Thornberries"
Eliza, heroine of classic novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Elizabeth Bennett, heroine of "Pride and Prejudice" went by Eliza to friends and neighbors
Eliza Quiner from The Little House series
Eliza Schyuler, the wife of Alexander Hamilton (Hamilton on Broadway)
Eliza Pancakes, character in "The Sims 4"
Eliza Reed, character in Jane Eyre