Eliza is a female given name in English , meaning "pledged to God" or "joyful."
Etymology
The name first developed as a diminutive of Elizabeth [ 1] Middle Ages , mainly popularised by the French (using the spelling Elisabeth). Elizabeth with a "z" is the typical spelling in English. Elizabeth is found in the Bible (Luke 1:57) as the mother of John the Baptist . Elizabeth became popularised during the late medieval period as a given name, mostly influenced by two saints: St. Elizabeth of Hungary and St. Elizabeth of Portugal . It was brought to England by the French, and the English can be credited with the formation of Eliza as a hypocorism (the French use Élise ).[ 2]
It may also be used as a variant of the Hebrew name Aliza , עַלִיזָה meaning "joyful".[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
People with this name
Eliza Acton (1799–1859), English food writer and poetEliza Agnew (1807–1883), American Christian missionaryEliza Bushyhead Alberty , Cherokee educator and businesswomanEliza Allen Starr (1824–1901), American artist, art critic, teacher/ and lecturerEliza Crosby Allen (1803–1848), American journal editorEliza Frances Andrews (1840–1931), American writer, botanist/ and teacherEliza Jane Ashley (1917–2020), American cook and authorEliza Ashton (1851–1900), Australian journalist, literary critic and social reformerEliza Ashurst Bardonneau , English translator and activistEliza Atkins Gleason (1909–2009), African-American librarianEliza Ault-Connell (born 1981), Australian wheelchair racerEliza Banchuk (born 2007), Israeli world champion rhythmic gymnastEliza Barchus (1857–1959), American painterEliza Bennett (born 1992), English actressEliza Bennis (1725–1802), Irish Methodist leaderEliza Bent (born 1982), American playwright, performer, and journalistEliza Berkeley (1734–1800), English authorEliza Białkowska (born 1973), Polish rhythmic gymnastEliza Biscaccianti (1824–1896), American actressEliza Violet Blair , American newspaperwoman and political hostessEliza Cooper Blaker (1854–1926), American educatorEliza Bostock (1817–1898), British promoter of women's educationEliza Jane Gillett Bridgman (1805–1871), American missionaryEliza Brightwen (1830–1906), Scottish naturalistEliza Bromley (1784–1807), English novelist and translatorEliza Ann Brown (1847–1923), New Zealand activistEliza Brown (1903–1983), American blues singer and recording artistEliza Brown (settler) , Australian settlerEliza Buceschi (born 1993), Romanian handball playerEliza Howard Sims Burd , American philanthropistEliza Mary Burgess (1878–1961), British artistEliza Boardman Burnz (1823–1903), American shorthand inventor and promoterEliza Marian Butler (1885–1959), English scholar of German; linguist and intellectual historianEliza Butterworth (born 1993), British actressEliza Byard (born 1968), American film producerEliza Campbell (born 1995), Australian football playerEliza Carthy (born 1975), English folk musicianEliza Jane Cate (1812–1884), American authorEliza M. Chandler White , American charity work leaderEliza Chester , English actressEliza Chulkhurst (1100–34 or 1500–34), conjoined twinEliza Clark , multiple peopleEliza Clívia (1979–2017), Brazilian singerEliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite (1764–1850), Irish author and poetEliza Archard Conner (1838–1912), American journalist, lecturer, feministEliza Cook (1818–1889), English author and poetEliza Cook (physician) (1856–1947), American physician and suffragistEliza Coupe (born 1981), American actressEliza Courtney (1792–1859), daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl GreyEliza Cowie (1835–1902), New Zealand church and community workerEliza S. Craven Green (1803–1866), English poet, writer and actressEliza Crisp (1822–1873), American actressEliza Cummings (born 1991), English modelEliza Lanesford Cushing (1794–1886), American novelistEliza Davis (1866–1931), English fashion writer and gossip columnistEliza Van Benthuysen Davis (1811–1863), letter writer and wife of American politician and plantation owner Joseph Emory DavisEliza Doddridge (born 1999), Australian cricketerEliza Doolittle (singer) (born 1988 as Eliza Sophie Caird), British singerEliza Douglas , American painterEliza Draper (1744–1778), British writerEliza T. Dresang (1941–2014), American professor of Library ScienceEliza Bisbee Duffey (1838–1898), American painter, author, newspaper editor and printer, spiritualist and feministEliza Hamilton Dunlop (1796–1880), Irish-Australian poet and songwriterEliza Ann Dupuy (ca. 1814–1880), American authorEliza Dushku (born 1980), American actressEliza Edwards (1779–1846), English computerEliza Farnham (1815–1864), American novelistEliza Ware Farrar (1791–1870), American writerEliza Fay (1756–1816), English writer on IndiaEliza Fenwick (1797–1840), English author and children's writerEliza de Feuillide (1761–1813), English sister-in-law of Jane AustenEliza Ann Fewings (1857–1940), Australian and Wales-based school teacherElizabeth Field (author) (1804–1890), English-born Canadian writer and artistEliza Riddle Field (1812–1871), American stage actressEliza Fletcher (1770–1858), English autobiographer and travel writerEliza Flower (1803–1846), British musician and composerEliza Lee Cabot Follen (1787–1860), American writer, editor, abolitionistEliza Forlonge (1784–1859), Australian merino importerEliza Foster , British translator and art writerEliza Bridell Fox (1824–1903), British painterEliza Fraser (c.1798–1858), Scottish woman after whom Fraser Island in Australia is namedEliza Nelson Fryer , American educator and missionaryEliza Gaffney , Australian rowerEliza Gamble (1841–1920), American writerEliza Gardiner (1871–1955), American artistEliza Ann Gardner (1831–1922), African-American abolitionist, religious leader and women's movement leaderEliza Garth (born 1954), American concert pianist and recording artistEliza George (1808–1865), American Civil War nurseEliza Gilkyson (born 1950), American musical artistEliza Maria Gordon-Cumming , Scottish aristocrat, horticulturalist, and paleontologistEliza Grant , African American midwifeEliza Pratt Greatorex (1819–1897), Irish-American painterEliza Standerwick Gregory (1840–1932), British botanistEliza Ann Grier (1864–1902), American physicianEliza Grigg (born 1996), New Zealand alpine skierEliza Griswold (born 1973), American writerEliza Gutch (1840–1931), English authorEliza Hall (1847–1916), Australian philanthropistEliza Calvert Hall (1856–1935), American author and suffragistElizabeth "Eliza" Schuyler Hamilton (1757–1854), American philanthropist and wife of United States Founding Father Alexander HamiltonEliza Hamrick , American politicianEliza Maria Harvey (1838–1903), Canadian dairy farmerEliza Marsden Hassall (1834–1917), lay leader of the Anglican ChurchEliza Haycraft (1820–1871), American brothel owner and philanthropistEliza Hayley , English translator and essayistEliza Haywood (c. 1693–1756), English novelist and painterEliza Putnam Heaton (1860–1919), American journalist, editorEliza Parks Hegan (1861–1917), Canadian nurseEliza Hendricks (1823–1903), Second Lady of the United StatesEliza Edmunds Hewitt (1851–1920), American hymn writer and teacherEliza Trask Hill (1840–1908), American activist, journalist, philanthropistEliza Hittman (born 1979), American film directorEliza Hamilton Holly (1799–1859), daughter of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler HamiltonEliza Howland (1835–1917), American authorEliza Humphreys (1850–1938), Scottish novelistEliza Hynes (born 1992), Australian rules footballer and volleyball playerEliza Illiard (1905–1969), German actressEliza Buckley Ingalls (1848–1918), American temperance activistEliza James (1855–1927), English watercress grower and entrepreneurEliza James (footballer) (1855–1927), Australian rules footballerEliza Catherine Jelly , English bryozoologistEliza Ann Jewett , American real-estate investorEliza Joenck (born 1982), Brazilian model and actressEliza McCardle Johnson (1810–1876), First Lady of the United States 1865–1869Eliza Griffin Johnston , American wildflower painter and diaristEliza Grew Jones (1803–1838), American Baptist missionary and lexicographerEliza Jumel (1775–1865), American socialiteEliza Junor (1804–1861), Scotswoman of mixed race who was the daughter of a former enslaverEliza Keil , New Zealand musical artistEliza D. Keith (1854–1939), American educator, suffragist, journalistEliza Kellas (1864–1943), American educatorEliza Hall Kendrick , American professorEliza Kent (1760–1810), British traveler and writerEliza Kirk (1812–1856), Irish sculptorEliza Lawrence (1935–2016), Canadian politicianEliza Lee (1792–1864), American authorEliza Seaman Leggett (1815–1900), American suffragist and abolitionistEliza Ellen Leonard , American medical missionaryEliza Leslie (1787–1858), American author of popular cookbooksEliza Anne Leslie-Melville (1829–1919), English painterEliza Lewis , Indian voice actressEliza Lynn Linton (1822–1898), English novelist and journalistEliza Lo Chin (born 1967), American internistEliza Logan (1827–1872), American actressEliza Lucas (1722–1799), American planter and agriculturalistEliza Lynch (1833–1886), Irish woman; First Lady of ParaguayEliza Macauley (1785–1837), British actress and campaignerEliza Mackenzie (1816–1892), Scottish nurse superintendentEliza Manningham-Buller (born 1948), British intelligence officer, director general of MI5 2002–07Eliza Kirkham Mathews (1772–1802), British novelist and poetEliza McCartney (born 1996), New Zealand pole vaulterEliza Ann McIntosh Reid (1841–1926), Canadian churchworker and clubwomanEliza Jane McKissack (1828–1900), American music educatorEliza McLamb , American indie rock musicianEliza McNamara (born 2002), Australian rules footballerEliza McNitt , American writer art directorEliza Meek (1832–1888), royal mistress of King LunaliloEliza Meteyard (1816–1879), English writerEliza Gratia Campbell Miner , American artistEliza Monroe Hay (1786–1840), American socialite and acting First LadyEliza F. Morris (1821–1874), English hymnwriterEliza Happy Morton (1852–1916), American author and educatorEliza Maria Mosher (1846–1928), American physician, educator, medical writer, inventorEliza Muradyan (born 1993), Armenian-Russian modelEliza Myrie , American visual artistEliza Nathanael (born 1973), Indonesian badminton playerEliza Neals , American musical artistEliza Nelson (born 1956), Indian field hockey playerEliza Newton (1827–1882), Scottish stage actressEliza Nicholson (runner) (born 2007), British athleteEliza Bland Smith Erskine Norton , British poet, playwright and authorEliza Roszkowska Öberg (born 1978), Polish-Swedish political figureEliza O'Flaherty (1818–1882), Australian writer and stage actressEliza Orlins (born 1982), American lawyer from New York CityEliza Orme (1848–1937), English lawyer and editorEliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910), Polish writer nominated for the Nobel prizeEliza Wright Osborne (1829–1911), American suffragist and feministEliza Ann Otis , American poet, journalist, and philanthropistEliza Henderson Boardman Otis , American philanthropist and novelistEliza Outtrim (born 1985), American freestyle skierEliza Pande , American tennis playerEliza Hall Nutt Parsley (1842–1920), American philanthropist and school founderEliza Parsons (1739–1811), English novelistEliza Phillips (1823–1916), English animal welfare activistEliza Pineda (born 1995), Filipino actressEliza A. Pittsinger (1837–1908), American poetEliza Poe (1787–1811), English-American actress, mother of Edgar Allan PoeEliza Pollock (1840–1919), American archerEliza Potter (1820–1893), African-American hairdresserEliza Pottie (1837–1907), Australian evangelist, pacifist and reformerEliza Jane Pratt (1902–1981), American politicianEliza Urbanus Pupella (died 1996), Indonesian journalist and nationalist leaderEliza Taylor Ransom (1863–1955), Canadian-born American physicianEliza Reid (born 1976), First Lady of IcelandEliza Rennie (1813–1869), Scottish-born romantic and gothic short story authorEliza Rickman (born 1983), American musical artistEliza Ridgely (1803–1867), American heiress and socialiteEliza McHatton Ripley , American civil war era authorEliza Roberts (nurse) , English nurse among the first to accompany Florence NightingaleEliza Roberts (poet) , British Romantic-era poet and translator of RousseauEliza Robertson , Canadian writerEliza Rose (born 1991), English DJ, music producer and singerEliza Pickrell Routt (1839–1907), American activist and First Lady of ColoradoEliza Rycembel (born 1992), Polish actressEliza Salmon (1787–1849), English vocalistEliza Sam (born 1984), Canadian actress based in Hong KongEliza Scanlen (born 1999), Australian actressEliza Schneider (born 1978), American actressEliza Ruhamah Scidmore (1856–1928), American writer and photographerEliza Scudder (1821–1896), American hymnwriterEliza Seymour Lee (1800–1874), American pastry chef and restaurateurEliza Sharpe (1796–1874), English painterEliza Sheffield (1856–1942), British entrepreneur and socialiteEliza Pearl Shippen , American educatorEliza Doyle Smith , American songwriterEliza Kennedy Smith (1889–1964), American suffragist, civic activist and government reformerEliza R. Snow (1804–1887), American religious leader and poetEliza Southgate Bowne (1783–1809), American letter writerEliza Soutsou (1837–1887), Greek writer and translatorEliza Hart Spalding (1807–1851), American missionaryEliza Fanny Staveley (1831–1903), British entomologist and authorEliza Stephens (1757–1815), English governessEliza Daniel Stewart (1816–1908), early temperance movement leader in the United StatesEliza Stewart Boyd (1833–1912), née Eliza Stewart, first woman to serve on a jury in AmericaEliza Stewart Udall (1855–1937), née Eliza Stewart, first telegraph operator in ArizonaEliza Sturge (1842–1905), British women's rights activistEliza Suggs (1876–1908), American authorEliza Read Sunderland (1839–1910), American writer, educator, lecturer, women's rights advocateEliza Surdyka (born 1977), Polish cross-country skierEliza Swenson (born 1982), American actressEliza Szonert (born 1974), Australian actressEliza Talcott (1836–1911), American missionaryEliza Taylor-Cotter (born 1989), Australian actressEliza Thompson (1816–1905), American temperance activistEliza Tibbets (1823–1898), California founder of the citrus industryEliza Tinsley (1813–1882), English businesspersonElīza Tīruma (born 1990), Latvian lugerEliza Townsend (1788–1854), American poetEliza Townsend (politician) , American politicianEliza Turck (1832–1891), English painterEliza Sproat Turner (1826–1903), American poetEliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb (1860–1936), American heiressEliza Vozemberg (born 1956), Greek lawyer and politicianEliza Walker , multiple peopleEliza Warren (1810–1900), English writerEliza Wheeler (born 1982), American author and illustratorEliza Jane White , who published as Ida L. White, Irish poet, republican, feminist, atheist, and anarchistEliza White (missionary) , English Wesleyan Methodist missionary to New ZealandEliza Wigham (1820–1899), Scottish activistEliza Wilbur (1851–1930), American astronomerEliza Tupper Wilkes (1844–1917), American suffragist and Unitarian Universalist ministerEliza Yonge Wilkinson (1757–?), American letter-writerEliza Maria Willoughby, Lady Middleton , British poetEliza Winston (1830–?), American slaveEliza Withington (1825–1877), American photographerEliza Woods , American classical composerEliza Wyatt , American playwrightEliza Ann Youmans (1826–1914), American botanistEliza Mazzucato Young (1846–1937), American composer and musician
Fictional characters
Characters in literary and screen works known solely as Eliza include:
Characters that have the first name Eliza and a known last name include:
Elizabeth "Eliza" Bennet in the novel Pride and Prejudice Elizabeth "Eliza" Doolittle in the play Pygmalion Mrs. Patrick Campbell ) and the musical inspired by it, My Fair Lady Julie Andrews and in the film by Audrey Hepburn )Eliza and Neil, second boss in Fantastic Parodius Otomedius
Eliza Aitan, police department lead detective in Workaholic
Eliza Cassan, one of the news reporters seen in the Deus Ex
Eliza Cohen, a female FBI SWAT operator from Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Eliza Danvers, Kara Danvers/Supergirl's foster mother in Supergirl Helen Slater
Eliza Dooley, a main character of the TV series Selfie
Eliza the Easter Egg Fairy, a character in the British book series Rainbow Magic
Eliza Fisher, a main character debuting in the second and final season of Siren
Eliza Fletcher, a character in the Phineas and Ferb My Fair Goalie who was inspired by Eliza Doolittle
Eliza Makepeace, one of the main characters in The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton
Eliza Thornberry , voiced by Lacey Chabert in The Wild Thornberrys
See also
References
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