Eliza (given name)

Eliza is a female name in English, related to the French name Élise. It may also be used as a shortened form of Elizabeth.

People with this name

• Eliza Bennett (born 1992), English actress
• Eliza Carthy (born 1975), folk singer
• Eliza Chulkhurst (1100-34 or 1500-34), conjoined twin
• Eliza Doolittle (singer) (born 1988), British singer
• Eliza Dushku (born 1980), American actress
• Eliza Fraser, Scottish woman after whom Fraser Island in Australia is named
• Eliza Taylor-Cotter (born 1989), Australian actress

Fictional characters

Characters in literary and screen works known solely as Eliza include:

• Eliza (Uncle Tom's Cabin), a slave from Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Eliza (Stephenson character), a socialite from Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle of novels
• Eliza, the wife in the Eliza series of novels by Barry Pain
• Eliza, a ghost child in short film Tormented
• Eliza, love interest of Faust VIII in the manga Shaman King

Characters that have the first name Eliza and a known last name include:

• Elizabeth "Eliza" Bennet in the novel Pride and Prejudice
• Elizabeth "Eliza" Doolittle in the play Pygmalion and the musical inspired by it, My Fair Lady
• Eliza Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys

See also

• Elisa (name)
• Élise
• Eliza (disambiguation) - other meanings