Elza (given name)
Elza is a feminine given name of Hebrew and German origins. A derivation of Elizabeth, and a close variant of the names Elsa, Eliza and Aliza, it is Germanic for "noble".
| Gender | Unisex |
|---|---|
| Name day | October 3 |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | mirthful, my god is abundance, my god is an oath/vow |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Elizabeth, Eliza, Elsa, |
People
- Elza Jeffords (1826–1885), U.S. Representative
- Elza Kephart, Canadian film director, producer, writer
- Elza Kolodin, Polish pianist
- Elza Kungayeva (1982–2000), Chechen woman abducted, beaten, raped and murdered by a Russian Army Colonel
- Elza Leimane (born 1984), Latvian ballet dancer
- Elza Maalouf (born 1965), Arab-American futurist and cultural development specialist
- Elza Medeiros (1921–2009), Brazilian Army officer and World War II veteran
- Elza Radziņa (1917—2005), Latvian actress
- Elza Soares (born 1937), Brazilian samba singer
- Elza van den Heever, (born 1979), South African opera singer
- Elza Luijendijk (born 1995), 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)
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