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 perhaps seven. The name gained wide independent use in the English-speaking world from the eighteenth century onward and became strongly associated with Eliza Doolittle, the cockney flower girl at the center of George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion. It is also used as a given name in its own right in Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Georgian, and Latvian, where it appears as Elīza. Related forms include Elisabeth, Elisa, Elise, Lisa, and Elspeth.