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Elza Name Meaning & Historical Trends

Elza

Pronunciation: EL-zuh

Meaning God is my oath Gender Boy
GIRLS RANK
#11,226
TREND
3,904
Peak Years
1922, 1920, 1918
Lowest Years
1958, 1976, 1903
Energy Archetype
Versatile & Freedom-Loving

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of boys named Elza in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Elza

  • More than 2 thousand babies named Elza: U.S. records list 2,942 babies given the name Elza from 1880 through 2025. Even 831 girls received the name Elza - about 1 girl for every 3 boys.

What Does the Name Elza Mean?

Elza is a feminine name generally treated as a variant of Elsa, the short form of Elisabeth. Elisabeth goes back to the Hebrew name Elisheva (אֱלִישֶׁבַע), commonly explained as "God is my oath," built from el, "God," and sheva, "oath." The same Hebrew word can also be read as "seven" or "abundance," so some reference works give the meaning as "my God is abundance" or "God is satisfaction." The name reached European languages through the Greek Elisabet and the Latin Elisabeth. Elza carries that same etymology; the z is a spelling convention of the languages that use this form rather than evidence of a separate root.

Elza Name History & Origins

The Hebrew Elisheva appears in the Bible as the wife of Aaron. The Greek form Elisabet belongs to the mother of John the Baptist in the Gospel of Luke, and that Christian association carried the name across Europe in forms such as Elisabeth, Isabel, and their many short forms. Elsa is the shortened form that developed in German- and Scandinavian-speaking areas; the heroine of the medieval German legend of Lohengrin is called Elsa of Brabant, and Richard Wagner used the name for her in his 1850 opera, though the legend is a literary association rather than the name's origin.

Elza is the shape this shortened name takes in languages whose spelling conventions favor z. In Hungarian, Elza is a familiar form of Erzsébet, the Hungarian equivalent of Elisabeth. Latvian and Georgian both use Elza as an ordinary given name. It is also found in Czech, Slovak, Romanian, and Croatian usage. In each case the name belongs to the same Elisabeth family; the differences between Elsa, Elza, and Elžbieta-style forms are matters of language and orthography rather than separate derivations.

How Popular is the Name Elza?

Elza recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1922. Its best rank was #343 in 1880.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Elza Shapes Your Personality and Life?

You are fine when in harmony but changeable when in discord, because many of your best qualities are then reversed. You are entertaining but may be impulsive. Freedom is a necessity, and you find it difficult to settle down. Your versatility results in many changes, and often brings travel. Your fine intellect is capable of high honors if applied seriously. You are capable of inspired thinking applied to material things. You can be restless, changeable, and very sexy. You have an eventful, exciting life. You are versatile and have the ability to learn easily.

Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.

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