Eliza

Eliza is an English short form of Elizabeth, which derives from the Hebrew name Elisheba, composed of the elements el, meaning God, and sheva, meaning oath or abundance, giving the overall sense of my God is an oath or my God is abundance. The name gained widespread use across Europe through the influence of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and, above all, through its biblical bearer, the wife of Aaron in the Old Testament. Eliza rose to independent popularity in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, partly through literary and theatrical use, most famously as the flower-seller Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. Related forms include Elizabeth, Elise, Elsa, Lisa, Eliza, Elspeth, and Isabel.