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 [ 3 syll. e-li-za, el-iza ] The girl name Eliza is pronounced ahLAYZah KEY. Eliza is of Germanic and Hebrew origin, and it is used mainly in Romanian, English, Hungarian, and Polish. Biblical name: The name first developed as a diminutive of Elizabeth in the 16th century, and its use as an independent name started in the 18th century. It was made famous by the fictional Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion (1913) and the subsequent musical My Fair Lady (1956). Variations of the name include the English and Hebrew Aliza and the Slavic and English Elza. In addition, Eliza is a variation (Romanian) of the Czech, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese Alice. Eliza is also a short form (English and Polish) of the English Elizabeth. The short form Liza (English, Hungarian, Russian, and Polish), and the pet forms Liz (English) and Lyza (English) are other variants of Eliza. Eliza is fairly popular as a baby name for girls. In 1900, 0.105% of baby girls were named Eliza. It ranked at #166 then. The baby name has since experienced a marked drop in frequency, and is in recent times of only very light use. In 2008, it ranked at #328 with a usage of 0.049%, but it was nevertheless the 3rd most popular after the English Elizabeth and the Czech, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese Alice, within all girl names in its group. It was used 12 times more than Eliza in 2008. Baby names that sound like Eliza include the Romanian Elica, the English Elicia, the English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Elisa, the English Alaisa, the name Alaqua, the English Alaska, the English Alecia, the English and Hebrew Aleeza, the Greek and Spanish Aleka, the Slavic Alekko, the Russian and Slavic Aleksey, the Slavic Aleksi, the Russian and English Alesha, the English Aleshia, the Polish Aleska, the Italian Alessa, the Hawaiian Aletia, the English, German, Hungarian, and Spanish Alexa, the English Alexi, and the English and German Alexie. A famous person named Eliza is Eliza Dushku, Actress, born 30 December 1980, Boston, Massachusetts. KEY: Pronunciation for Eliza: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
