Liza is a short form of Elizabeth, from the Hebrew Elisheva, "my God is an oath" or "God is abundance". Liza Minnelli made it a stage name in its own right, and in Russia it is the everyday form of Yelizaveta. In the United States Liza has stayed in a narrow band below the top 1000, from number 1263 in 2001 to number 1648 in 2025, with 126 girls.