Girl · Hebrew, through English
Eliza
Say it: ee-LY-zuh
Meaning
Short form of Elizabeth, Hebrew 'my God is an oath'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Very fashionable in Georgian and early Victorian England and America.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 58,825 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1880, about 1 in 361 girls
- 2,335 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Eliza Hamilton, wife of Alexander Hamilton
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Parish baptism registers
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.