Meaning of the nameEliz
- Female
- E-liz
Eliz is a spelling of the name Elis.
Meaning
The meaning of Eliz is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 3,042
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,855
- Median age
- 28 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,830
- people
Eliz in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Eliz, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (685 people).
2,902 women 140 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Eliz is most common
States with the highest share of people named Eliz in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Mato Grosso 0.003%
- Paraná 0.003%
- Santa Catarina 0.002%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
- Goiás 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 456 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 309 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 301 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 242 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 226 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 179 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 137 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 131 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 118 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 105 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 102 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 99 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 89 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 80 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 73 | 0.003% |
| Espírito Santo | 72 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 49 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 43 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 40 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 34 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 30 | 0.002% |
| Acre | 29 | 0.004% |
| Piauí | 27 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 27 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 24 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Eliz
It swaps the final s for z, letters that have the same sound at the end of a word in Portuguese.
About the name Elis
The origin of Elis as a Brazilian name is uncertain. Wiktionary records Elis in Estonian as a short form of Elisabeth, and Wiktionary and Behind the Name record it in Swedish as a male variant of Elias. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil includes Elis among the traditional names with the element Eli-, whose origin it considers doubtful, and the dictionary lists Eliz, Elys, Elyz, Helis, Heliz and Helyz as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 30,866 people named Elis, with a median age of 33. The name is almost always female, had a first peak among those born in the 1970s and 1980s and grew again among those born from 2010 on.
Other spellings of Elis
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Elis | 30,866 |
| Eliz | 3,042 |
Sources
- Wiktionary: Elis · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Elis · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Elis · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Eliz
What does the name Eliz mean?
The meaning of Eliz is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Eliz in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,042 people with the first name Eliz, which ranks it number 3,855 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.
Is Eliz a boy's or a girl's name?
Eliz is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,902 women and 140 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Eliz most common?
Proportionally, in Mato Grosso: 0.003% of the state's population is named Eliz (102 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Eliz?
Elis. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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