Aliza

Where Aliza comes from

The dictionaries list Aliza as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1940
    Aliza Gur born
    former Israeli actress and model; Miss Israel 1960
  2. 1946
    Aliza Olmert born
    Israeli artist
  3. 1952
    First appearance
    #4,908 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2024
    Peak, #659
    445 babies named Aliza — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Aliza Gur · former Israeli actress and model; Miss Israel 1960, born 1940
  • Aliza Olmert · Israeli artist, born 1946
  • Aliza Lavie · Israeli politician, born 1964
  • Aliza Ayaz · youth climate activist and a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.
  • Aliza Vellani · Canadian actress, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.