Лиза: meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning & origin

How it developed

In Russian usage, Лиза is a diminutive of Eliza.

Лиза’s family of names

In Russian usage, Лиза is a diminutive of Eliza. In Russian usage, Лиза has a conventional naming counterpart in the English form Liza. In Russian usage, Лиза can be written in the Roman alphabet as Líza.

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Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Лиза has relatives in 4 languages.

8 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Lízaromanization · Russian

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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