Aliza

Aliza
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Hebrew
Origin
Meaning	Joyful
Other names
Related names	Freyde, Eliza

Aliza (Hebrew: עֲלִיזָה) is a feminine given name, meaning "joyful" in Hebrew. It has been used as a translation of the Yiddish name Freyde.^[1] Notable people with the name include:

Aliza Begin (1920–1982), wife of Prime Minister Menachem Begin
Aliza Bin-Noun, Israeli diplomat
Aliza Green, American chef and writer
Aliza Greenblatt (1888–1975), American poet
Aliza Gur, American actress
Aliza Lavie (born 1964), Israeli academic and politician
Aliza Olmert (born 1946), Israeli artist, photographer, writer and social worker
Aliza Sherman, American writer
Aliza Vellani (born 1991), Canadian actress

^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). "Aliza". A Dictionary of First Names (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-0-19-172667-5.

[1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). "Aliza". A Dictionary of First Names (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-0-19-172667-5.

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