Elza (given name)

Elza
Gender	Unisex
Name day	December 1
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	mirthful, my god is abundance, my god is an oath/vow
Other names
Related names	Elizabeth, Eliza, Elsa,

Elza is a Slavik and English name of Hebrew and German origins. A derivation of Elizabeth, and a close variant of the names Elsa, Eliza and Aliza, it is Germanic for "noble".

People

Elza Jeffords (1826–1885), a U.S. Representative
Elza Kephart, a film director, producer, writer
Elza Kolodin, a pianist from Poland
Elza Kungayeva, an 18-year-old Chechen woman abducted, beaten, raped and murdered by a Russian Army Colonel
Elza Leimane, a Latvian ballet dancer
Elza Maalouf (born 1965), an Arab-American futurist and cultural development specialist
Elza Medeiros (1921–2009), a Brazilian Army officer and World War II veteran
Elza Soares (born 1937), a Brazilian samba singer
Elza van den Heever, (born 1979) a South African opera singer
Elza Luijendijk (born 1995), a Dutch model

Fictional characters

Elza Walker, the beta version of Claire Redfield, the protagonist of the 1998 survival horror video game, Resident Evil 2
Japanese name of Zael a character of the Western release of the video game The Last Story
Elza, the protagonist of the 2011 film Elza
Inferno Queen Elza, a character in the Japanese role-playing game, Brave Frontier
Elza Gray, a character that appeared in Sailor Moon (anime)

As a code name

Elza, used by the Soviet spy Elizaveta Mukasei

As a place name

Elza, Tennessee, a community that existed before the 20th century

Others

Elza, 2011 film
Elza, wedding dress by Oksana Mukha, part of the company's Privee Collectiom

References

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