Liza

Diminutive of Eliza and Elizabeth, Hebrew

"pledged to God"

Liza Origin and Meaning

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

Liza's heyday was the mid-1970s, following on the heels of super-popular sister Lisa. But thanks to the fact that it never became superpopular, Liza remains a name not especially tied to one generation or style.

At one time, the name was closely associated with Liza Minnelli, who was named by her mother Judy Garland after a George Gershwin song. Today, it's the name of the lead character, played by Sutton Foster, in TV's Younger, based on a novel by Nameberry cofounder Pamela Redmond.

Liza Rank in US Top 1000

# 987 in the US

Popularity of the name Liza

• 1234 Nameberry 2025
• 806 Unique 2024
• 25 Hungary 2024

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Famous People Named Liza

• Liza May Minnelli American singer/actress
• Liza Lou American artist
• Liza Victoria Huber American actress and daughter of Susan Lucci
• Liza Mundy American journalist/author
• Liza Yermalovich Belarusian model
• Liza Rebecca Weil American actress
• Liza Frulla Canadian MP
• Louise "Liza" Goddard English actress
• Liza Kennedy German,Japanese model
• Elizaveta "Liza" SergeyevnaTuktamysheva Russian figure skater
• Elizaveta Petrovna Glinka aka Dr. Liza Russian humanitarian
• Liza Tarbuck English actress
• Liza Jacqueline Kaplan American voice actress
• (Sania Sultana) Liza Bangladeshi pop singer
• Liza Wang (Ming chuen), Hong Kong singer and actress
• Elizabeth "Liza" Koshy American YouTuber
• Hope Elizabeth "Liza" Soberano Filipino,American Actress
• Elizabeth "Liza" Ryan (b. 2002) daughter of US. House Speaker Paul Ryan
• Elizaveta "Liza" (pr. LEE za) Ilinichna Kulik (b. 2001), daughter of figure skaters Ekaterina Gordeeva and Ilia Kulik

The name Liza in Pop Culture

• Liza Colby character in American soap "All My Children"
• Liza a bride in the movie "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
• Liza the Darlings' maid in "Peter Pan" by J. M. Barrie
• Eliza Louisa "Liza,Lu" Durbeyfield, Tess's sister in "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy
• Liza Kemp central character in "Liza of Lambeth" (1897) by W. Somerset Maugham
• Liza Mullins character in the movie "Chronicles of Syntax"
• Liza Bump character on TV's "Ally McBeal"
• Liza Miller character on TV's "Younger"
• Liza Warner character on TV's "Arrow"
• "Liza " 1972 Italian film and its main character
• "There's a Hole in My Bucket (Dear Liza) " American folk song
• "Liza (All The Clouds Roll Away) " song by George Gershwin
• "L'il Liza Jane " American jazz and folk song
• "Liza Jane " song by Vince Gill
• "Liza Jane " song by David Bowie
• Eliza "Liza" Winthrop main character in the novel "Annie on My Mind" by Nancy Garden