Liz is a female name of Hebrew origin, meaning "God's Promise". It is also a short form of
Elizabeth, Elisabeth,
Lisbeth, Lizanne, Liszbeth, Lizbeth, Lizabeth, Lyzbeth,
Lisa Lisa or LISA may refer to:
People
People with the mononym
* Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam
* Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer
* Lisa Komine (born 1978), J ...
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Lizette,
Alyssa
Alyssa is a feminine given name with multiple origins. Alysa is an alternative spelling.
As used in Western countries, the name is usually derived from the name of the flower alyssum. The name of the flower derives from the Ancient Greek, Gree ...
, and
Eliza
ELIZA is an early natural language processing computer program created from 1964 to 1966 at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory by Joseph Weizenbaum. Created to demonstrate the superficiality of communication between humans and machines, ...
.
People
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Liz Balmaseda (born 1959), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
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Liz Bonnin
Elizabeth Bonnin (born 16 September 1976) is a French science, wildlife and natural history presenter, who has worked on television in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. She presented morning show '' RI:SE'' and music show ''Top of the Pops'' ...
(born 1976), Irish television presenter
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Liz Brown (politician)
Elizabeth Brown is an American politician from the state of Indiana. A member of the Republican Party, she serves in the Indiana State Senate, representing Senate District 15.
Brown is a 1980 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where she ...
, American politician first elected to the Indiana Senate in 2014
* Liz Brown, backing vocalist for
Wheatus
Wheatus are an American rock band from Northport, New York, formed in 1995. They are known principally for their 2000 single " Teenage Dirtbag", which appeared in the films '' Loser'' and ''Bully'', as well as the HBO miniseries '' Generation ...
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Liz Claiborne (fashion designer) (1929–2007)
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Liz Fraser
Elizabeth Joan Winch (14 August 1930 – 6 September 2018), known professionally as Liz Fraser, was a British film actress, best known for being cast in provocative comedy roles.
Early life
Fraser was born in Southwark, London. Her year of bi ...
, stage name of English actress Elizabeth Joan Winch (1930–2018)
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Liz Friedman Liz Friedman is an American television producer and television writer known especially for her work on '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', '' Young Hercules'', ''House'' and ''Jessica Jones''. In 2014, she was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writin ...
, American television producer and television writer
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Liz Hyder, English author
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Liz Kershaw
Elizabeth Marguerita Mary Kershaw (born 30 July 1958) is an English radio broadcaster. She is the second longest serving female national radio DJ in the UK (after Annie Nightingale), celebrating 30 years on national BBC Radio in 2017.
Career
Af ...
(born 1958), English radio broadcaster
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Liz Kendall
Elizabeth Louise Kendall (born 11 June 1971) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester West since 2010.
Kendall was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where she read history. From 2011 to 2 ...
(born 1971), British politician
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Liz Krueger (born 1957), American politician, member of the New York State Senate since 2002
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Liz Lochhead
Liz Lochhead Hon FRSE (born 26 December 1947) is a Scottish poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster. Between 2011 and 2016 she was the Makar, or National Poet of Scotland, and served as Poet Laureate for Glasgow between 2005 and 2011.
E ...
(born 1947), Scottish poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster
* Liz Mace, half of the American country/pop duo
Megan and Liz
Megan and Liz (commonly stylized as Megan & Liz) are an American pop duo composed of fraternal twin sisters Megan and Liz Mace from Edwardsburg, Michigan. They are both songwriters, and Megan is their guitarist. As of November 2020, they have 990 ...
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Liz McClarnon
Elizabeth Margaret McClarnon (born 10 April 1981) is an English pop singer, songwriter, dancer, television presenter and actress. She is the longest serving member of the girl group Atomic Kitten, with whom she has scored three number-one single ...
(born 1981), English pop singer, dancer and television presenter
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Liz Mills
Liz Mills is an Australian basketball coach who has coached elite level men's club, national university and national men's basketball teams in Africa since 2011, Mills is currently the head coach of ABC Fighters of the Basketball Africa League (BA ...
, Australian basketball coach
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Liz Phair
Elizabeth Clark Phair (born April 17, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Phair was raised primarily in the Chicago area. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1990, she attempted to start a musical career ...
(born 1967), American singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Liz Sandals
Liz Sandals ( née MacNaughton; born ) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2018 who represented the ridings of Guelph—Wellington and Guelph. She served in cabinet ...
(born c. 1947), Canadian politician elected in 2003
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Liz Saville Roberts
Elizabeth Saville Roberts (' Saville; born 16 December 1964) is a Welsh politician, currently serving as the group leader of Plaid Cymru in the House of Commons. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dwyfor Meirionnydd since the gene ...
(born 1965), Welsh politician and Member of Parliament
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Elizabeth Sharman
Elizabeth St Clare Sharman (born 8 August 1957, in Bolton), sometimes known as Liz Sharman, is a former British slalom and sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. She won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Ch ...
(born 1957), British former slalom and sprint canoeist
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Liz Smith (actress)
Betty Gleadle (11 December 1921 – 24 December 2016), known by the stage name Liz Smith, was an English character actress, known for her roles in BBC sitcoms, including as Annie Brandon in '' I Didn't Know You Cared'' (1975–1979), the si ...
(1921–2016) English character actress
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Liz Smith (journalist)
Mary Elizabeth Smith (February 2, 1923 – November 12, 2017) was an American gossip columnist. She was known as "The Grand Dame of Dish". In the 1960s and early 1970s, she was the entertainment editor for the magazines '' Cosmopolitan'' and ''S ...
(1923–2017), American gossip columnist
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Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011), American actress, also known as Liz Taylor
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Liz Torres
Elizabeth Larrieu Torres (born September 27, 1947) is an American actress, singer, and comedian. Torres is best known for her role as Mahalia Sanchez in the NBC comedy series ''The John Larroquette Show'' (1993–1996), for which she received two ...
(born 1947), American actress, singer and comedian
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Liz Truss
Mary Elizabeth Truss (born 26 July 1975) is a British politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day in office, she stepped down ...
(born 1975),
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern ...
for 50 days in 2022
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Liz White (actress)
Elizabeth White (born 11 August 1979) is an English actress, known for her roles as Annie Cartwright in the BBC series ''Life on Mars'' and Emma Keane in the Channel 4 school-based drama series ''Ackley Bridge''.
Television and theatre
White ...
(born 1979), English actress
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Liz White (animal rights)
Elizabeth White (born c. 1950) is a Canadian animal rights activist and politician.
Early life
White was born in Toronto, to parents who both were teachers. She earned a nursing degree at McGill University, and then worked in Kitchener, before ...
(born c. 1950), Canadian animal rights activist
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Liz Mitchell
Liz is a female name of Hebrew origin, meaning "God's Promise". It is also a short form of Elizabeth, Elisabeth, Lisbeth, Lizanne, Liszbeth, Lizbeth, Lizabeth, Lyzbeth, Lisa, Lizette, Alyssa, and Eliza.
People
* Liz Balmaseda (born 1959), P ...
(born 1952), former
Boney M
Boney M. was a German-Caribbean vocal group that specialized in disco and funk created by German record producer Frank Farian, who was the group's primary songwriter. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the group's o ...
Lead singer and vocalist
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Liz (musician)
Elizabeth Abrams, better known as Liz (stylized as LIZ) or Liz Y2K, is an American singer and actress from Tarzana, Los Angeles, California. Her music is described by herself as "Sailor Moon R&B" and "future pop". and her music has been continuou ...
(born 1987), American singer and actress
Fictional characters
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Liz Adams
Elizabeth "Liz" Adams is a fictional character that appeared in the later seasons of the popular American television series ''Dallas'', played by actress Barbara Stock from 1990 to 1991. She first appeared in the season 13 episode " The Southfork ...
, on the American television series ''Dallas''
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Liz Allan
Elizabeth "Liz" Allan, also known as Elizabeth Allan-Osborn and commonly misspelled as "Liz Allen", is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. In t ...
, a Marvel Comics character
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Liz Burton
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' in 2003, in order of first appearance.
Dale Jackson
Dale Jackson is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Holly ...
, on the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks''
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Liz Chandler
Liz Chandler (formerly Courtney, DiMera, Craig, and Curtis) is a fictional character on the soap opera, ''Days of Our Lives'', and was played by actress Gloria Loring from 1980 to 1986.
Storylines
Liz came to Salem in 1980. She is the daughter o ...
, on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''
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Liz Lemon
Elizabeth Miervaldis Lemon is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television series ''30 Rock''. She created and writes for the fictional comedy-sketch show ''The Girlie Show'' and later ''TGS with Tracy Jordan''.
She is po ...
, main character of the American television series ''30 Rock''
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Liz McDonald
Elizabeth 'Liz' McDonald (also Greenwood and Tomlin) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. She is portrayed by Beverley Callard. She made her first appearance on 27 October 1989. Callard opted to lea ...
, on the British soap opera ''Coronation Street''
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Liz Shaw
Elizabeth "Liz" Shaw is a fictional character played by Caroline John in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs. A civilian member of UNIT, an international organisation that defends Earth fr ...
, on the British science fiction television series ''Dr. Who''
* Liz, a character from the video games series ''
Crash Bandicoot
''Crash Bandicoot'' is a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog as an exclusive for Sony's PlayStation console. It has seen numerous installments created by various developers and published on multiple platforms. The series c ...
'', first introduced in ''
Crash Team Racing
''Crash Team Racing'' (stylized as ''CTR: Crash Team Racing'') is a 1999 kart racing video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It is the fourth installment in the ''Crash Bandicoot'' ...
''.
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