Ilze

Usages: Latvian, Dutch (Rare), Hungarian

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Variants: Ilza, Ilža, Ilže (Latvian variants)

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Pronunciation: IL-zə(Dutch)

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Meaning: Latvian short form of Elizabete, Hungarian short form of Elizabet and Dutch variant spelling of Ilse. Notable bearers of this name include the Latvian basketball player Ilze Ose-Hlebovicka (b. 1975) and the Latvian actress Ilze Ķuzule-Skrastiņa (b. 1985).

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- https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilze_(personv%C4%81rds) (in Latvian; this is about the name and mentions that it's popular)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ilze (in English; mentions that the name was first recorded as a Latvian given name in 1458)
- Medieval Latvian Given Names: http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/other/latvian.html (in English)
- http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Ilze (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in the Netherlands in 2014)
- http://www.names.be/meisjesnamen.html?met=Ilze&sort=beldesc (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in Belgium in 2009)
- Latvia: https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AIlze%20%2Brecord_country%3ALatvia
- Netherlands: https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AIlze%20%2Brecord_country%3ANetherlands
- (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Ilze&last=&search=Zoeken
- https://be.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Ilze/+/be-0-Belgi%C3%AB (lists only bearers living in Belgium)
- https://lv.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Ilze/+/lv-0-Letland (lists only bearers living in Latvia)
- https://nl.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Ilze/+/nl-0-Nederland (lists only bearers living in the Netherlands)
- Ilze Ose-Hlebovicka: https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilze_Ose-Hlebovicka (in Latvian)
- Ilze Ķuzule-Skrastiņa: https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilze_%C4%B6uzule-Skrasti%C5%86a (in Latvian)
- https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzs%C3%A9bet_(keresztn%C3%A9v)

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(Information from name #203920 originally submitted by user kepainis)