Elza (given name)

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Elza is a Slavik and English name of Hebrew and German origins. It is also a derivation of Elizabeth, and a close variant of the names Elsa, Eliza and Aliza.

People

• Elza Jeffords (1826–1885), a U.S. Representative
• Elza Kephart, a film director, producer, writer
• Elza Kolodin, a pianist from Poland
• Elza Kungayeva, an 18-year-old Chechen woman abducted, beaten, raped and murdered by a Russian Army Colonel
• Elza Leimane, a Latvian ballet dancer
• Elza Maalouf (born 1965), an Arab-American futurist and cultural development specialist
• Elza Medeiros (1921–2009), a Brazilian Army officer and World War II veteran
• Elza Soares (born 1937), a Brazilian samba singer
• Elza van den Heever, (born 1979) a South African opera singer
• Elza Luijendijk (born 1995), a Dutch model

Fictional characters

• Elza Walker, the beta version of Claire Redfield, the protagonist of the 1998 survival horror video game, Resident Evil 2
• Japanese name of Zael a character of the Western release of the video game The Last Story
• Elza, the protagonist of the 2011 film Elza
• Inferno Queen Elza, a character in the Japanese role-playing game, Brave Frontier
• Elza Gray, a character that appeared in Sailor Moon (anime)

As a code name

• Elza, used by the Soviet spy Elizaveta Mukasei

As a place name

• Elza, Tennessee, a community that existed before the 20th century

Others

• Elza, 2011 film
• Elza, wedding dress by Oksana Mukha, part of the company's Privee Collectiom

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