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.

# 116 in the US

Eliza Rank in US Top 1000

# 74 on Nameberry

Eliza Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Eliza Popularity

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