Erza
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 29 babies a year in the US.
Erza by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Erza. In the US, 29 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 25 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Erza
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Erza. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Eraera or age14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ermawhole, universal; a form of Irma21 in the US (2017)
- Elzadevoted to God; a form of Elsa5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Enzashort form of names ending in -enza6 in the US (2017)
- Ernaeagle; serious and determined5 in the US (2017)
- Ezzamighty, powerful; a form of Azza4 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Erza
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