Eliza (given name)
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| Eliza | |
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| Gender | Female |
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| Meaning | My God is an oath, joyful |
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| Related names | Elise, Elisa, Elle, Liza, Elizabeth, Aliza |
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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 Elisa and the French form Élise.
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[edit] 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 Taylor-Cotter (born 1989), Australian actress
[edit] 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
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 and the musical inspired by it, My Fair Lady
- Eliza Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys
[edit] See also
- Elisa (name)
- Élise
- Eliza (disambiguation) - other meanings
[edit] References
- ^ "Eliza". Behind the Name. http://www.behindthename.com/name/eliza. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ^ "Aliza". Behind the Name. http://www.behindthename.com/name/aliza. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ^ "Aliza". Think Baby Names. http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Eliza. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ^ "Aliza". Babynamespedia. http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Aliza. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
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