Elza (given name)

Elza is a feminine given 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), U.S. Representative
• Elza Kephart, Canadian film director, producer, writer
• Elza Kolodin, Polish pianist
• Elza Kungayeva (1982–2000), Chechen woman abducted, beaten, raped and murdered by a Russian Army Colonel
• Elza Leimane (born 1984), Latvian ballet dancer
• Elza Medeiros (1921–2009), Brazilian Army officer and World War II veteran
• Elza Radziņa (1917–2005), Latvian actress
• Elza Soares (1937–2022), Brazilian samba singer
• Elza van den Heever (born 1979), South African opera singer

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 from the video game The Last Story
• Inferno Queen Elza, a character in the Japanese role-playing game, Brave Frontier
• Elza Gray, a character that appeared in Sailor Moon (anime)

References

• Elza – Meaning of Elza