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Original poster

Eliza - are there quite a few around?

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Janus · 09/03/2011 21:04

I really like this name, it's growing on me daily but now I wonder if there are loads? Haven't actually met any but I'm thinking it's suddenly becoming popular, am I right?

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Dreya · 14/03/2011 15:08

Eliza is beautiful. I think of My Fair Lady and the singer. I think it is gaining in popularity but then lovely names do. Go for it!

shareastory · 14/03/2011 14:57

my eliza is 20 this year and loves her name....friends call her slyza though!!!

MajorBumsore · 13/03/2011 16:15

It's becoming very, very popular round these parts (South London) btw.

noeyedear · 12/03/2011 17:48

If my baby ever decides to turn up, and then turns out to be a girl, she will be Eliza. Everyone I mention it to loves it and I haven't heard it too often. I have a thing about the '3 in a class' scenario, but you just don't know what's going to be popular that year.

said · 12/03/2011 17:39

It's not the singer's real name though. Cool name though, Eliza

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Janus · 12/03/2011 12:28

'My Fair Lady' too, although did hear the singer's name and wondered why she would copy the whole name, can't imagine her mother actually called her that!!
My dh LOVES Audrey Hepburn so hoping that he will come around to the name (he likes it but it's probably 2 or 3 on our shortlist) because of that connection.
I think I'm really smitten!

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WincyEtNightietilMayBeOut · 12/03/2011 08:54

hear it about

WincyEtNightietilMayBeOut · 12/03/2011 08:53

It's DD's middle name. Was a strong candidate for a first name but we thought it would be abbreviated along the way and we couldn't agree on a diminutive we both liked so we settled on another name(though there are many nice ones IMO).

DC2 was a boy luckily or I would have always regretted using it for DD's middle name.

IMO it's a classic name but still quite unusual/quirky which is why I love it. I know of one IRL (friend of a friend) and very occasionally here it about which is about right for a name I think .

Eliza Doolittle (the new one!) may increase popularity but I doubt it's going to "do a Ruby" and charge up the charts.

Go for it!

mumatron · 12/03/2011 08:46

mrskitty thats what i think too but every person i meet mentions the singer instead.

Misfitless · 12/03/2011 07:41

I know an Eliza who is 5 or 6 - I love it!

ilovemydogandMrObama · 12/03/2011 07:30

I know 4 Elizas under 5.

MrsKitty · 12/03/2011 07:05

OK, I'm really out of touch then , because I had no idea there was a singer called Eliza Doolittle! Eliza Doolittle, to me, means 'My Fair Lady' (Which is where DD's name comes from!)

cowboylover · 11/03/2011 22:06

I only think of the singer as well! Its nice

PepsiPopcorn · 11/03/2011 17:46

I don't think of Eliza as "classic", but it is an old-fashioned name.

NotAnotherNewNappy · 11/03/2011 17:27

Eliza doesn't quite fit into the classics as it was originally a diminutive of Elizabeth. However, since it's been used as a name in its own right for the last 300 yrs, it could also be considered quite traditional.

I also think any name with a z in it tends to sound quite quirky.

I did a lot of baby name research when having DD1

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Janus · 11/03/2011 03:37

Sorry, what I mean by classic is 'Catherine', 'Alice', 'Emma', maybe traditional is more what I mean? BTW, I don't dislike them it's just not what I have chosen before so it won't 'fit' with the other 3 girls!
The more I think about it the more I'm loving it, I think it's number 1 on my list and glad to hear that it's not everywhere but no-one thinks it's 'out there' either!
Thanks you!

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mumatron · 10/03/2011 22:32

i have an Eliza (9weeks) and i don't know of any others in rl.

you should definately go for it as long as you don't live near me

MajorBumsore · 10/03/2011 22:26

But Eliza is a classic name

Kaekae · 10/03/2011 20:29

This name has really grown on me...although I don't think I could use it as my one of my DDs middle names is Elizabeth. I also think its becoming more and more popular since Natalie C used it for her baby.

GabySolis · 10/03/2011 19:51

The only Eliza I've heard of is Eliza Dolittle the singer, love her :-)
Got two school age children and have never come across an Eliza so don't think it's that common.

Busspuzzle · 10/03/2011 14:50

Ive met one and shes two i love it.

dan1981 · 10/03/2011 13:16

Eliza Doolittle!! Think she's a singer in the charts at the mo....

olddeuteronomy · 10/03/2011 13:08

And just met another today, age 4!

dan1981 · 10/03/2011 08:36

i only know of natalie cassidy's Eliza and a menber of the royal family has one - apparently she's going to be a bridesmaid for william and kate

i don't think its too popular

olddeuteronomy · 10/03/2011 08:25

I know 2, one aged 3 and one a year. I suspect it will get gradually more popular but not ridiculously so.

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