Eliza

Hebrew

"pledged to God"

Eliza Origin and Meaning

The name Eliza is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "pledged to God".

Eliza is a name with a wonderful combination of streamlined zest and Eliza Doolittle charm and spunk. It's a classic that's popular right now -- but not too popular.

Eliza has not been in the Top 100 since the 19th century and while it seemed like it was heading there again, it seems to have stopped just short of that mark. Which could be a very good thing.

Originally a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eliza eventually became a name in its own right. Despite its similarity to the Hebrew name Aliza, meaning "joyful," the two are unrelated. Eliza Schuyler Hamilton was the wife of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, recognizable today as one of the lead characters in the musical Hamilton.

Eliza is the name of one of the most vivid fictional characters, My Fair Lady's spirited Eliza Doolittle. Based on the George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion, Eliza is transformed from cockney flower girl to elegant lady, played on stage by Julie Andrews and on screen by Audrey Hepburn.

. Pride and Prejudice's Elizabeth Bennett was often called Eliza; in Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, Eliza is the intelligent and courageous protagonist

Eliza Dushku is a charter member of the Joss Whedon rep company of actors, appearing in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse and Much Ado About Nothing.

One note: Do not name sisters Eliza and Isabel or Isabella, as they're different forms of mother name Elizabeth.

Eliza Rank in US Top 1000

# 116 in the US

Eliza Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 74 on Nameberry

Eliza Popularity

• 116 US 2023
• 74 Nameberry 2024
• 192 Canada 2021
• 103 Future 2028
• 53 England 2022
• 168 Scotland 2022
• 90 Australia 2021
• 77 New Zealand 2021
• 283 Germany 2016
• 161 Netherlands 2015
• 58 Hungary 2023
• 51 Poland 2023

20 Names Similar to Eliza

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• Eleanor
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• Cora
• Amelia
• Jane
• Beatrice
• Charlotte
• Nora
• Hazel
• Juliet
• Violet
• Elizabeth
• Matilda
• Audrey
• Josephine
• Lucy
• Genevieve
• Adeline

Famous People Named Eliza

• Eliza Patricia Dushku American actress
• Eliza Hope Bennett English actress
• Eliza Carthy English folk singer
• Eliza Coupe American actress
• Eliza McCardle Johnson First Lady of the United States as wife of President Andrew Johnson
• Eliza Doolittle (born Eliza Sophie Caird) English singer
• Eliza Jane Taylor Australian actress
• Eliza Kortright Monroe Hay daughter of U.S. President James Monroe and acting First Lady
• Eliza Chulkhurst English conjoined twin of Mary Chulkhurst, one of the Biddenden Maids
• Eliza Jane Wilder, sister of Almonzo Wilder, sister in law of novelist Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Eliza Holland Madore American actress
• Eliza Sam Canadian actress
• Eliza Orzeszkowa Polish novelist
• Elizabeth "Eliza" Schuyler Hamilton activist and mother of Alexander Hamilton's 10+ children
• Eliza Roxcy Snow American poet and Mormon leader
• Eliza Courtney illegitimate daughter of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and Charles Grey
• Eliza Jean Anastasio (b. 1995) daughter of musician Trey Anastasio of Phish
• Eliza Park daughter of actors Kelly Coffield Park and Steve Park
• Eliza Morse daughter of actor David Morse
• Eliza Lopes (b. 2008) daughter of curator Laura Lopes; granddaughter of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
• Eliza Joy Getty (b. 2011) daughter of Christian singer,songwriter Keith Getty
• Eliza Giles (b. 2012) daughter of actress Caterina Scorsone and singer Rob Giles

Eliza in Pop Culture

• Eliza Minnick character in "Grey's Anatomy".
• Eliza Doolittle character in George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" and musical "My Fair Lady"
• Eliza Thornberry main character on series 'The Wild Thornberries'
• Eliza Urbanski character in Eleanor Henderson's novel "Ten Thousand Saints"
• Eliza "Liza" Winthrop main character in "Annie on my Mind" by Nancy Garden
• Eliza character Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
• Eliza Reed character in Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre"
• Eliza Morales minor character on TV's "The Walking Dead"
• Eliza Louisa "Liza,Lu" Durbeyfield, character in Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the d'Urbervilles"
• "Eliza " song by Phish
• "Eliza ou Le voyage aux glaciers du Mont St Bernard," opera by Luigi Cherubini
• "Eliza " opera by Thomas Arne
• Eliza Montgomery character in TV's "KC Undercover"
• Eliza Mountrachet Makepeace character in The forgotten garden by Kate Morton
• Eliza Danvers character on TV's "Supergirl"
• Elizabeth Bennet aka Eliza main character in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"
• Eliza Pancakes character in video game the Sims 4
• Eliza Harmon aka Trajectory character on TV's "The Flash"
• Eliza Birch character in 2013 film "Prisoners"
• Eliza Naumann character in book/film "Bee Season"
• Eliza Ainsley character in "Sims" series