Eliza is a female name in English, a shortened form of Elizabeth.
It may also be used as or a variant of the Hebrew name Aliza, עַלִיזָה meaning "joyful".
Closely related variant names are Elissa, Elza, Elisa and the French form Élise.
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 Orzeszkowa, Polish writer nominated for the Nobel prize
Eliza Sam, Canadian actress based in Hong Kong
Eliza Soutsou (1837-1887), Greek writer and translator
Eliza Taylor-Cotter (born 1989), Australian actress
Eliza Vozemberg (born 1956), Greek lawyer and politician
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
Eliza, a singer, model and diva from Skullgirls
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 (played by Mrs. Patrick Campbell) and the musical inspired by it, My Fair Lady (played by Julie Andrews)
Eliza and Neil was a second boss in Fantastic Parodius and Otomedius.
Eliza Fletcher, a character in the Phineas and Ferb episode My Fair Goalie who was inspired by Eliza Doolittle.
Eliza Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys
Eliza Makepeace, one of the main characters in The Forgotten Garden, from Australian author Kate Morton
Eliza Ritzjoy G. Dela Cruz from Philippines
