Liza
A Hebrew name at root, meaning "god is my oath". It stays rare in Poland: most people here have never met a Liza, though a handful of girls still get the name each year.
Liza Pronunciation
Liza is pronounced LEE-zah (/ˈliza/).
What Liza means
Where Liza comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Liza reaches back to the Hebrew name Elisheva, the source that gives us the meaning "god is my oath." The name traveled far, and in Russian it settled as a familiar form of Elizaveta. Russian readers meet it early. Nikolai Karamzin gave the name to the heroine of "Poor Liza," his 1792 story that made a generation grieve over a peasant girl's love.
The oath came first.
In Poland a girl named Liza hears it read out in a school register, short and quick beside the longer Elżbietas nearby. The Hebrew root keeps a vow inside it, a promise made toward god, and that sense predates every softer association the name later gathered. The meaning stays fixed beneath the sound: god is my oath.
How many people are named Liza
1 in 34630 women in Poland is named Liza. 651 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1165 among female names.
Liza's popularity over time
7 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #819 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2011.
Where Liza is most popular
Liza is most popular in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 453% above the national average (7 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lubusz (+248%) and Masovian (+71%). It is least common in Greater Poland, 20% below average.
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian7 girls born+453%
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Lubusz2 girls born+248%
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Masovian7 girls born+71%
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Lower Silesian3 girls born+65%
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Łódź2 girls born+36%
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Pomeranian2 girls born+17%
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Greater Poland2 girls born−20%
Liza as a middle name
Liza is a first name for 651 women in Poland and a middle name for another 338, a 66/34 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 368th, between Arletta (341) and Delfina (336).
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#366 Alicia349
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#367 Arletta341
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#368 Liza338
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#369 Delfina336
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#370 Sybilla334