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 (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA" * Lisa, stagename of Japanese singer Lisa Komine (born 1978) * Lisa (South Korean singer) (born 1980) * Lisa (Japanese musician, b ...

, 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 Greek ἀ- ''a-'' ( ...

, and Eliza.

People

* Liz Allan (cricketer) (born 1948), New Zealand Test cricketer * Liz Allen (born 1969), Irish journalist and novelist *

Liz Balmaseda Liz Balmaseda (born January 17, 1959) is a journalist who writes for ''The Palm Beach Post''. Balmaseda was born in Puerto Padre, Cuba, amidst the Cuban Revolution. Her family emigrated to the United States, and she grew up in Miami, Florida. She ...

(born 1959), Cuban-American writer and journalist *

Liz Barker Elizabeth Jane Barker (born 16 May 1975) is an English television presenter, best known for her work on ''Blue Peter'' from 2000 to 2006. Early life and education Born in Cambridge, Barker grew up in the village of Oakington, near Cambridge a ...

(born 1975), British television presenter * Liz Berry (born 1980), British poet * Liz Berry (politician) (born 1983), American politician from Washington *

Liz Bonnin Elizabeth Bonnin (born 16 September 1976) is a French-Irish 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 ...

(born 1976), Irish television presenter *

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 s ...

, American politician first elected to the Indiana Senate in 2014 * Liz Brown, backing vocalist for

Wheatus Wheatus is an American rock band from Northport, New York, formed in 1995. They are known principally for their 2000 single, "Teenage Dirtbag". They also experienced success with their 2001 cover version of Erasure (duo), Erasure's "A Little ...

Liz Cambage Elizabeth Folake "Liz" Cambage ( ; born 18 August 1991) is a British-born Australian professional basketball player for the Sichuan Yuanda of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association. She won the Women's National Basketball League in 2011 and ...

(born 1991), Australian basketball player in the Israeli Female Basketball Premier League *

Liz Claiborne Anne Elisabeth Jane Claiborne (March 31, 1929 – June 26, 2007) was an American fashion designer and businesswoman. Her success was built upon stylish yet affordable apparel for career women featuring colorfully tailored separates that cou ...

(1929–2007), American fashion designer * Elizabeth "Liz" Cottrell (born 1975), American geologist *

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 b ...

, stage name of English actress Elizabeth Joan Winch (1930–2018) *

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 Writi ...

, American television producer and television writer * Liz Hyder, English author * Liz Carolina Jaramillo (born 1981), Venezuelan politician *

Liz Kershaw Elizabeth Marguerita Mary Kershaw (born 30 July 1958) is an English radio broadcaster. She is one of the longest serving female national radio DJs in the UK, celebrating 30 years on national BBC Radio in 2017. Career After graduating from the ...

(born 1958), English radio broadcaster *

Liz Kendall Elizabeth Louise Kendall (born 11 June 1971) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester West sinc ...

(born 1971), British politician *

Liz Krueger Elizabeth Krueger (born November 20, 1957) is an American politician. A Democrat, she represents District 28, consisting of the East Side of Manhattan, in the New York State Senate. She was first elected in a special election in 2002. Backgro ...

(born 1957), American politician, member of the New York State Senate since 2002 *

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. ...

(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 9 ...

Liz María Márquez Liz María Márquez Socorro is a Venezuelan politician, currently an alternate deputy of the National Assembly for the Zulia state. Career Márquez was elected as alternate deputy for the National Assembly for the Zulia state Zulia State (, ; ...

, Venezuelan politician *

Liz McClarnon Elizabeth Margaret McClarnon-Cho (born 10 April 1981) is an English singer, songwriter and actress, who is the longest serving member of the girl group Atomic Kitten, with whom she has scored three number-one singles and two number-one albums. M ...

(born 1981), English pop singer, dancer and television presenter *

Liz Mills Liz Mills is an Australian basketball coach who, since 2011, has coached elite level men's club and national basketball teams in Africa. Mills is the former head coach of Bangui Sporting Club for the 2023 Road to BAL (Basketball Africa League) ...

, Australian basketball coach *

Liz Phair Elizabeth Clark Phair (born April 17, 1967) is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Phair was raised primarily in the Chicago area. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1990, she attempted to sta ...

(born 1967), American singer, songwriter and guitarist *

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 *

Liz Saville Roberts Elizabeth Saville Roberts (; born 16 December 1964) is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dwyfor Meirionnydd since 2015. She has served as the group leader of Plaid Cymru in the House of Commons si ...

(born 1965), Welsh politician and Member of Parliament *

Liz Schepers Elizabeth Schepers (born February 13, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played for the Minnesota Frost of the PWHL and Minnesota Whitecaps of ...

(born 1999), American ice hockey player *

Liz 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 slalom and sprint canoeist *

Liz Smith (actress) Betty Smith (11 December 1921 – 24 December 2016), known by the stage name Liz Smith, was an English actress. She was known for her roles in BBC sitcoms, including as Annie Brandon in ''I Didn't Know You Cared'' (1975–1979), the sisters Be ...

(1921–2016), English character actress *

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". Beginning her career in radio in the 1950s, for a time she also anonymously wrote the "Cholly Knickerbocke ...

(1923–2017), American gossip columnist *

Liz Specht Elizabeth Specht is an American research scientist with a research background in chemical engineering and synthetic biology, who most recently served as Senior Vice President of Science and Technology at The Good Food Institute. Her work has foc ...

, American research scientist specializing in chemical engineering and synthetic biology *

Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was an English and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 19 ...

(1932–2011), American actress, also known as Liz Taylor * Liz Thomas (born 1987), American hiker *

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 tw ...

(born 1947), American actress, singer and comedian *

Liz Truss Mary Elizabeth Truss (born 26 July 1975) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth da ...

(born 1975), British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for 50 days in 2022 *

Liz Twist Mary Elizabeth Twist (born 10 July 1956) is a British Labour Party politician. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blaydon from the 2017 general election until the seat's abolition in 2024. She then stood for reelection during the ...

(born 1956), Labour MP

Blaydon Blaydon is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, and historically in County Durham. Blaydon, and neighbouring Winlaton, which Blaydon is now contiguous with, form the town of Blaydon-on-Tyne. The Blaydon/Winl ...

Liz White (actress) Elizabeth White (born 11 August 1979) is an English actress. She grew up in Plymouth and attended Plymstock School from 1989 until 1994. She is known for portraying roles of Annie Cartwright in the BBC One drama series ''Life on Mars (British T ...

(born 1979), English actress * Liz White (activist) (born c. 1950), Canadian animal rights activist *

Liz Mitchell Elizabeth Rebecca Pemberton-Mitchell (born 12 July 1952) is a British singer, best known as one of the original singers of the 1970s disco and reggae band Boney M. Mitchell now lives in Reading, UK. Early life Mitchell was born in the paris ...

(born 1952), former

Boney M. Boney M. is a German reggae, funk and disco music group founded in 1974. It achieved popularity during the disco era in the second half of the 1970s. The band was created by German record producer Frank Farian, who was the group's primary song ...

lead singer and vocalist *

Liz (musician) Elizabeth Nicole 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 c ...

(born 1987), American singer and actress * Liz (singer), Korean singer, member of the group

Ive Ive or IVE may refer to: Music * Ive (group), a South Korean girl group * I've Sound (aka "I've"), a Japanese musical group People * Ive (given name), a Croatian and Slovenian given name * Bert Ive (1875–1939), British-born Australian cinema ...

Fictional characters

Liz Adams Elizabeth "Liz" Adams is a fictional character that appeared in the later seasons of the popular American television series ''Dallas (TV series), Dallas'', played by actress Barbara Stock from 1990 to 1991. She first appeared in the season 13 epis ...

, on the American television series ''Dallas'' *

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 ...

, a Marvel Comics character * Liz Anya, a Raven disguise from a season 1 episode of '' That’s So Raven'' who later appears as a real person in ''

Raven's Home ''Raven's Home'' is an American family sitcom television series developed by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas that aired on Disney Channel from July 21, 2017 to September 3, 2023. The series stars Raven-Symoné, Issac Ryan Brown, Navia Robinson, ...

'' *

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. Nathan Rogers Nathan Rogers, played by Jay Thomas, was the boyfriend of Nick O'Connor (Darren B ...

, on the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' *

Liz Chandler Liz Chandler is a fictional character on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'', played by actress Gloria Loring from 1980 to 1986. In April 2024, Deidre Hall announced Loring would reprise the role. Storylines Liz came to Salem in 1980. She is t ...

, on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' * Liz Danes, a recurring character on ''

Gilmore Girls ''Gilmore Girls'' is an American comedy drama television series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. The show debuted October 5, 2000, on The WB and became a flagship series for the network. The show ran fo ...

'' *

Liz Lemon Elizabeth Miervaldis Lemon is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television series '' 30 Rock''. She created and wrote for the fictional comedy-sketch show ''The Girlie Show'' and later ''TGS with Tracy Jordan''. She is ...

, main character of the American television series ''30 Rock'' *

Liz McDonald Liz McDonald (also credited as Liz MacDonald) 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 leave the ...

, on the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Liz Parker, protagonist of the ''Roswell High'' book series and the ''Roswell'' television series *

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 Sherman Elizabeth Anne "Liz" Sherman is a fictional character appearing in the '' Hellboy'' comic book series created by Mike Mignola. A firestarter, she becomes a ward of the B.P.R.D. at age 11 after burning her family to death in a traumatic accid ...

, a Dark Horse Comics character associated with

Hellboy Hellboy is a superhero created by Mike Mignola and appearing in comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. The character first appeared in ''San Diego Comic-Con Comics'' #2 (August 1993), and has since appeared in various miniseries, one-shots ...

Liz Topham-Myrtle ''Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea'' is a 2023 American Satirical film, satirical dark comedy film directed by Tony Olmos and written by Brian Patrick Butler. Butler also leads the ensemble cast that includes Kimberly Weinberger, Aimee La Jo ...

, antagonist of the 2023 film ''Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea'' * Dr. Liz Wilson, in the ''Garfield'' franchise * Liz, 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 game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It is the fourth installment in the ''Crash Bandicoot'' series ...

People

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