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Aliza - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Aliza

[ syll. a-li-za, al-iza ] The girl name Aliza is pronounced as AELIYZah KEY. Aliza is largely used in the English and Hebrew languages, and it is derived from Germanic and Hebrew origins. From Germanic and Hebrew roots, its meaning is joyful. The name could also be from the modern combination of Alice and Liza. Aleeza (English and Hebrew), Alitza (English and Hebrew), and Leeza (English and Hebrew) are variations of Aliza.

In addition, Aliza is an English variation of the name Alicia (English, Latinized, Spanish, and Scandinavian).

Aliza is also an English and Hebrew variation of the name Eliza (Romanian, English, Hungarian, and Polish). Liza (English, Hungarian, and Russian pet form) and Lizy (English pet form) are other variants of Aliza. See also the related form, Alice (Czech, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese).

Aliza is somewhat popular as a baby name for girls. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1990s; before that, it was of irregular use only. Its usage peaked modestly in 2005 with 0.017% of baby girls being given the name Aliza. It ranked at #770 then. In 2008, its usage was 0.015% and its ranking #861. Among the group of girl names directly linked to Aliza, Alicia (English, Latinized, Spanish, and Scandinavian) was the most popular. In 2008, it was used 6 times more than Aliza.

Baby names that sound like Aliza include Alaisa (English), Alaqua, Alaska (English), Alecia (English), Aleeza (English and Hebrew), Aleka (Greek and Spanish), Alekko (Slavic), Aleksey (Russian and Slavic), Aleksi (Slavic), Alesha (Russian and English), Aleshia (English), Aleska (Polish), Alessa (Italian), Aletia (Hawaiian), Alexa (English, German, Hungarian, and Spanish), Alexi (English), Alexie (English and German), Alexiou (Greek), Alexis (English, German, and Spanish), and Alica (Czech, Slavic, and English).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Aliza: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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