Liza

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Lisa in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 15 more, Лиза in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, Riza in TR Türkiye and Ლიზა in GE Georgia.

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 14 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◐

Liza is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name187K records spelled Liza31 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Brazil, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Lïzä, Lizà, Lizâ, Lízå, Lïza

• Indonesian given name48K records spelled Liza5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Liza, Liza', Lìza

• a separate given name23K records spelled Liza3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Līzā, Lizā

• Danish given name4.9K records spelled Liza8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Līza, Líza

60 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●

Liza 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.

• In English, A diminutive of the female given names Eliza or Elizabeth, from Hebrew.

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

• In Spanish, battle, fight

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

• In Serbo-Croatian, genitive singular of liz

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

• In Swahili, Causative form of -lia

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

• In nia, nit, baby louse

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

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●

• Lisa del Giocondob. 1479FRnot in their usual namesubject of the Mona Lisa
• Liza Minnellib. 1946USAmerican actress and singer (born 1946)
• Lisa Murkowskib. 1957USnot in their usual nameUnited States Senator from Alaska since 2002
• Rosanna Arquetteb. 1959USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Lisa Gerrardb. 1961AUnot in their usual nameAustralian musician, singer and composer
• Lisa Kudrowb. 1963USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1963)
• Lisa Edelsteinb. 1966USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1966)
• Lisa Bonetb. 1967USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Lisa Annb. 1972USnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress
• Olivia Munnb. 1980USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, comedian, television personality and author

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 · 1,116 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Liza?

We estimate roughly 1.1 million people bear Liza (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Liza have the most bearers?

We estimate about 864 thousand people bear Liza in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled lisa.

Where is Liza most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Liza is densest in Finland — about 1 in 94 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Liza compared with other names?

In the United States, Liza is the 32nd most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Liza a male or female name?

Liza 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 Liza mean?

Recorded meaning: Shortened form of pEliza.