Liz

Where Liz comes from

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

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1929
    Liz Sheridan born
    American actress
  2. 1930
    First appearance
    #4,047 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1961
    Peak, #374
    664 babies named Liz — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #637.
  5. 1966
    Liz Cheney born
    United States Representative from Wyoming from 2017 to 2023
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.
Namesakes
  • Liz Cheney · United States Representative from Wyoming from 2017 to 2023, born 1966
  • Liz Sheridan · American actress, 1929–2022
  • Liz Phair · American musician, born 1967
  • Liz Smith · British actress, 1921–2016
  • Liz Mitchell · Jamaican singer, born 1952

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.