Given name & surname

Lize

Lize is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Lize isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Lize through the years

Babies since 1880
5
0 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
1999
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012320002025Highest share 19990.0
Lize in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1999–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 175 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

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

People named Lize

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Lize, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Lizzet

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Lisset

13Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Yaire

“God will teach”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Lexxus

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Lexandra

“helper and defender of mankind”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Emane

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Lataesha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Calle

“a free man”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Lize’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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