Given name & surname · also Spanish
Leza
“my God is bountiful”
Leza is a variant of Liza. In English use, Liza carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leza is a variant of Liza. In English use, Liza carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Leza comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Basque.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leza through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 304
- 0 boys · 304 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 403 as a first name in 2020; 597 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Leza’s family of names
Leza has a related form in Liza. In Greek usage, Leza is a transliteration of Λέζα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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