Eliza (given name)

Eliza is a female name in English, a shortened form of Elizabeth.^[1]

It may also be used as or a variant of the Hebrew name Aliza, עַלִיזָה meaning "joyful".^[2][3][4]

Closely related variant names are Elza, Elisa and the French form Élise.

People with this name

• Eliza Bennett (born 1992), English actress
• Eliza Carthy (born 1975), folk singer
• Eliza Chulkhurst (1100–34 or 1500–34), conjoined twin
• Eliza Doolittle (singer) (born 1988), British singer
• Eliza Dushku (born 1980), American actress
• Eliza Fraser, Scottish woman after whom Fraser Island in Australia is named
• Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish writer nominated for the Nobel prize
• Eliza Sam, Canadian actress based in Hong Kong
• Eliza Taylor-Cotter (born 1989), Australian actress

Fictional characters

Characters in literary and screen works known solely as Eliza include:

• Eliza (Uncle Tom's Cabin), a slave from Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Eliza (Stephenson character), a socialite from Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle of novels
• Eliza, the wife in the Eliza series of novels by Barry Pain
• Eliza, a ghost child in short film Tormented
• Eliza, love interest of Faust VIII in the manga Shaman King
• Eliza, a singer, model and diva from Skullgirls

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 (played by Mrs. Patrick Campbell) and the musical inspired by it, My Fair Lady (played by Julie Andrews)
• Eliza and Neil was a second boss in Fantastic Parodius and Otomedius.
• Eliza Fletcher, a character in the Phineas and Ferb episode My Fair Goalie who was inspired by Eliza Doolittle.
• Eliza Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys
• Eliza Makepeace, one of the main characters in The Forgotten Garden, from Australian author Kate Morton
• Eliza Ritzjoy G. Dela Cruz from Philippines

See also

• Elisa (name)
• Élise
• Eliza (disambiguation) - other meanings
• Elza^[5]
• Elsa (given name)

References