Eliza

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Elisa in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 12 more, Elissa in US United States, AU Australia, GB United Kingdom and 4 more and אליזה in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Eliza is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name351K records spelled Eliza33 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Australia, Netherlands

  Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

  Also written Elīza, Elíza, Éliza, Elizá, Ėliżä

• Polish given name157K records spelled Eliza124 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, United States

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Uzbek

  Also written Элиза, Elisa, Элиса, Еліза, Elise

• a separate given name22K records spelled Eliza5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Canada

  Also written Elīza, Êliza, Ėliza, Éliza

• Indonesian given name15K records spelled Eliza5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Eliza', Elīza, Ęliza

• Hungarian given name4.7K records spelled Eliza4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, Finland, United States, Slovenia

  Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Elīza

• Romanian given name2.7K records spelled Eliza2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, Moldova, United States, Italy

  Also written Elîzâ

• Albanian given name1.2K records spelled Eliza5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written Elîzã, Elizâ, Ëlïzä, Elîza

• Armenian given name972 records spelled Eliza4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Armenia, Philippines, Canada

  Also written Էլիզա, Elīza, Ēliza

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Eliza is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Short form of jElizabeth, first used in the 16th century, and popular in the 18th and roth centuries. It was used by George Bernard Shaw for the main female character, Eliza Dolittle, in his play Pygmalion (1913), which was the basis for the musical and film My Fair Lady. ELIZABETH

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A female given name from Hebrew, popular in the 19th century.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Basque, church (building or institution), congregation

  as a word·Trask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)

• English: short form of ELIZABETH , first used in the 16th century. It became popular, sometimes as an independent name, in the 18th and 19th centuries. The name was used by George Bernard Shaw for the main female character, Eliza Dolittle, in his play Pygmalion (1913), which was the basis for the musical and film My Fair Lady .

  as a word

• In Basque, church

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Elisa Bonaparteb. 1777FRnot in their usual nameFrench princess (1777-1820)
• Frances Hodgson Burnettb. 1849GBnot in their usual nameEnglish-American playwright and author (1849–1924)
• Gene Tierneyb. 1920USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1920–1991)
• Virginia Capersb. 1925USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1925–2004)
• Elitsa Todorovab. 1977BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian singer
• Eliza Dushkub. 1980USAmerican actress
• Adrienne Bailonb. 1983USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer, actress, and television personality
• Eliza Taylorb. 1989AUAustralian actress
• Eliza McCartneyb. 1996NZNew Zealand athletics competitor (born 1996)
• Eliza Scanlenb. 1999AUAustralian actress (born 1999)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,320 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Eliza?

We estimate roughly 319 thousand people bear Eliza (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Eliza have the most bearers?

Eliza is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled elisa.

Where is Eliza most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Eliza is densest in Finland — about 1 in 290 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Eliza compared with other names?

In Argentina, Eliza is the 234th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Eliza a male or female name?

Eliza is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Eliza mean?

Recorded meaning: A form of Elizabeth; once considerably popular in Ireland.