Elizabeth is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Greek ???????? (Elisabet, Modern Greek pronunciation Elisávet), which is a form of the Hebrew name Elisheva (????????????), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance," as rendered in the Septuagint.
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Occurrence in the bible
"Elizabeth" appears in the Old Testament as the name of Aaron's wife ("Elisheva" in the Hebrew Bible), and in the New Testament as the name of the wife of the priest Zechariah and mother of John the Baptist. It has also been the name of several saints and queens.
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Statistics
The name has many variants in use across the world and has been in consistent use worldwide. Elizabeth was the tenth most popular name given to baby girls in the United States in 2007 and has been among the 25 most popular names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It is the only name that has remained in the top ten US girls' names list from 1925 to 1972.
It has been among the top 50 names given to girls born in England and Wales as well as in Canada and in Australia in the past 10 years and has been in the top 100 most popular names given to baby girls born in Scotland and Ireland in the past 10 years. Elizaveta (E???a?e?a), a Russian form of the name, has been in the top 10 names given to baby girls born in Moscow, Russia in the past 10 years. The name is also popular in Ukraine and in Belarus. One of the most popular variants is Isabel or Isabella. In French there is the variant Isabelle.
Name variants
Full name
- ???????? (Elisabed) (Georgian)
- ???????? (Il???b?t), ?????? (Il??aba?) (Arabic)
- ???????? (Ilisabek) (Coptic)
- Al?b?ta/ Eli?ka (Czech)
- Al?beta (Slovak)
- Ealasaid (Scottish Gaelic)
- Ealisaid (Manx)
- Elesabeth (English)
- Elesbed (Breton)
- Eliete (Portuguese)
- Eliisabet (Estonian)
- Eliise (Estonian)
- Elikapeka (Hawaiian)
- Elisa (Turkish)
- Elisabet (Catalan), (Danish), (German), (Spanish), (Swedish)
- Elisabeta (Romanian)
- Elisabete (Portuguese)
- Élisabeth (French)
- Elisabeth (Catalan), (Danish), (Dutch), (German), (Norwegian), (Swedish)
- Elizabeto (Esperanto)
- Elisabetta (Italian)
- ???????? (Elisávet), ??????? (Zabéta) (Greek)
- E???????? (Elisaveta) (Bulgarian)
- ???????? (Al?bieta) (Belarusian)
- ??????????? (Elisheba, Elisheva) (Hebrew)
- Elixabete (Basque)
- Elizabeta (Albanian), (Croatian), (Bosnian), (Slovene)
- Elizabete (Basque), (Latvian)
- ????? (Ellijabeseu) (Korean)
- Elishua (Malayalam)
- Elsbeth (Dutch), (German), (Scots), (Swiss German)
- Elspeth (Scots)
- Elisabet (Finnish)
- Êlizabét (Vietnamese)
- Elyzabeth (English)
- El?bieta (Lithuanian)
- El?bieta (Polish)
- Elzbute (Lithuanian)
- ????? (Erizabesu) (Japanese)
- Erzsébet (Hungarian)
- Irihapeti (M?ori)
- Isabella (Italian), (Dutch)
- Isabelle (French), (Dutch)
- Isabel (Spanish), (Dutch)
- ?????????? (Jelisaveta), ????????? (Elizabeta) (Serbian)
- ???????? (Yeghisapet), ??????? (Elsapet) (Armenian)
- ????a???? (Yelizaveta), ???????? (Elizabet) (Russian)
- ????????? (Yelyzaveta) (Ukrainian)
- ???? (Y? lì sh? bái) (Chinese Simplified)
- ???? (Y?lìsh?bái) (Chinese Traditional)
- ???????? (?lij?b?tha) (Bengali)
- ???????? (?lijh?b?tha) (Gujarati)
- ????????? (?liz?b?tha) (Hindi)
- ???????? (Elijabet) (Kannada)
- ????? (Ellijabeseu) (Korean)
- ???????? (Elizabet) (Macedonian)
- ???????? (?lijh?b?tha) (Marathi)
- ???????? (Elizabyet) (Mongolian)
- ???????? (?lij?b?tha) (Nepali)
- ??????? (Persian)
- ?????? (Il?sabata) (Punjabi)
- ???????? (Elicapet) (Tamil)
- ???????? (Elijabet) (Telugu)
- ????????? (Elis?be?h) (Thai)
- ???????? (Elizabet) (Ukrainian)
- ?????? (Urdu)
- ?????????? (E?lyzabeta) (Yiddish)
Clipped forms
- Chabela (Spanish)
- ???? (Liza), ???? (Lizi), ?????? (Liziko) (Georgian)
- Erzsi (Hungarian)
- Isabeau (French)
- Isabel (Catalan), (English), (Norwegian), (Portuguese), (Spanish)
- Isabela (Spanish), (Portuguese)
- Isabelita (Spanish)
- Isabell (English), (German), (Norwegian)
- Isabella (Dutch), (English), (Italian), (Norwegian), (Polish), (Spanish), (Swedish)
- Isabelle (English), (French), (German)
- Isave (Vietnamese)
- Isbal (Manx)
- Isbel (English)
- Iseabail (Scottish)
- Isebella (English)
- Ishbel (Scots)
- Isibéal (Irish)
- Isobel (Scots)
- Izabel (Portuguese (archaic)), (Spanish), (Polish)
- Izabela (Czech), (Polish)
- Izabella (Hungarian), (Polish)
- Izabelle (English)
- Lisabeth (English)
- Lizabeth (English)
- Liesbeth (Dutch)
- Lijsbeth (Dutch)
- ???????? (Isavella) (Greek)
- ????????? (Izabella) (Greek)
- Lisaveta (Ukrainian)
- Lisbet (Danish), (Norwegian), (Swedish)
- Lisbeth (German), (Norwegian)
- ???a (Liza) (Russian)
- Lyzbeth (English)
- Sabela (Galician)
- Sabella (English)
- Sibéal (Irish)
- ?pela (Slovene)
- Ysabel (Spanish)
- Ysbal (Manx)
- Yzabel (Spanish)
- Yzabela (Spanish)
- Ybel (Spanish)
- Zabel (Armenian)
First half
- Ailsa (Danish)
- Alzira (Portuguese)
- Ealee (Manx)
- Ealish (Manx)
- Effy (English)
- Eilís (Irish / Gaeilge)
- Éilis (Irish / Gaeilge)
- Ela (Polish)
- Elbie (Afrikaans)
- Ella (Norwegian)
- Elly (English), (Dutch)
- Eli (Catalan), (English), (Spanish)
- Eli, Eliamma (Aley, Aleyamma, Aleykutty) (Malayalam), (Norwegian)
- Eliisa (Finnish)
- Elis (German)
- Elisa (Finnish), (Italian), (Norwegian), (Spanish)
- Élise (French), (Portuguese)
- Elise (Norwegian)
- Elisete (Portuguese)
- Eli?ka (Czech) and (Slovak)
- Eliso (Georgian)
- Elissa (English), (Norwegian)
- Eliza (Albanian), (English), (Polish)
- Elka (Albanian), (Polish),
- Ellee (English)
- Elli (Finnish), (German)
- Ellie (Origin unknown)
- Ellen (Norwegian), (English)
- Els (Dutch)
- Elsa (Catalan), (Dutch), (Finnish), (German), (Italian), (Norwegian), (Portuguese), (Spanish), (Swedish)
- Elschen (German)
- Else (Danish), (German), (Norwegian)
- Elsie (English)
- Elts (Estonian)
- Elunia (Polish)
- Elyse (English)
- Elza (Hebrew)
- Elzira (Portuguese)
- El?unia (Polish)
- Erzsi (Hungarian)
- Ilsa (German)
- Ilse (Dutch), (German)
- Isa (Spanish), (Portuguese)
- Issa (Spanish)
- Iza (Spanish)
- Izzy (English), (Norwegian)
- Leesa (English)
- Lela (Serbian)
- Lies (Dutch), (German)
- Liesa (German)
- Lieschen (German)
- Liese (German)
- Liesel (German)
- Lieselotte (German), (Swedish)
- Liesje (Dutch)
- Liesl (German)
- Liis (Estonian)
- Liisa (Estonian), (Finnish)
- Liisbet (Estonian)
- Liisi (Estonian), (Finnish)
- Liisu (Estonian)
- Lila (mostly for kids) (Catalan), (Polish)
- Lili (French), (Polish)
- Liliana (Indonesian)
- Liliani (Indonesian)
- Lilianna (Polish)
- Lilike (Hungarian)
- Lilli (German)
- Lis (Danish), (English), (Norwegian), (Swedish)
- Lisa (Catalan), (Danish), (English), (German), (Italian), (Norwegian), (Swedish), (Portuguese), (Spanish), (Polish), (Welsh)
- Lisanne (Dutch), (English), (Norwegian)
- Lise (French), (Norwegian)
- Liselot (Dutch)
- Liselotte (Danish), (German), (Norwegian)
- Lisen (Swedish)
- Liset (French)
- Liseta (Spanish)
- Lisette (French)
- Liz (English)
- Liza (English), (Polish), (Russian), (Ukrainian)
- Lizette (French)
- Lizi (Georgian)
- Lizina (Latvian)
- Lizzie (English), (Norwegian)
- Lizzy (English)
- Lys (German)
- Lysa (French)
- Lysette (English)
- Yza (Spanish)
- Zsóka (Hungarian)
Middle
- Babette (French)
- Ibbie (English)
- Libby (English)
- Liddy (English)
- Liba (archaic, rural areas) (Catalan)
- Isa (German)
- Issy (English)
Second half
- Beileag (Scottish)
- Bel (Catalan)
- Belita (Spanish)
- Bella (Italian)
- Bess (English)
- Bessie (English)
- B?ta (Czech)
- Beth (English)
- Bethan (Welsh)
- Betsan (Welsh)
- Betsy (English)
- B?tka (Czech)
- Betka (Slovak)
- Betta (Italian)
- Bette (English)
- Betti (German)
- Bettie (English)
- Bettina (German), (Italian)
- Betty (English)
- Bettye (English)
- B?tu?ka (Czech)
- Buffy (English)
- Etti (Estonian)
- Etty (Estonian)
People with this given name
- Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
- Queen Elizabeth II (born 1926)
- Elizabeth de Burgh, queen consort of Scotland
- Elizabeth Andrews, first woman organiser of the Labour Party in Wales
- Elizabeth Arden, an American business woman
- Elizabeth Bagration, Georgian royal princess
- Elizabeth Banks, an American actress
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Victorian era poet
- Elizabeth Bathory, a countess from the Báthory family of nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary
- Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement
- Elizabeth David, a British cookery writer
- Elizabeth de Latour, editor of British motoring publication Performance BMW
- Elizabeth Edwards, an American attorney, a best-selling author and a health care activist
- Elizabeth Filippouli, a Greek journalist-turned-entrepreneur, Founder of the international non profit think tank Global Thinkers Forum
- Elizabeth Fraser, a Scottish singer
- Elizabeth Fry, an English prison reformer
- Elizabeth Gaskell, British novelist and short story writer
- Elizabeth Gillies, an American Broadway actress
- Elizabeth Haigh, Singaporean chef
- Elizabeth Hughes Gossett, daughter of U.S. Politician Charles Evans Hughes
- Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, wife of American politician Alexander Hamilton
- Elizabeth Jaranyi, Holocaust survivor and writer
- Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian nurse
- Elizabeth Lambert, an American writer of romance
- Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter Younger Daughter and second surviving child of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Blanche of Lancaster
- Elizabeth A. Lynn, a US writer most known for fantasy and to a lesser extent science fiction
- Elizabeth McGovern, an American, film, theatre and television actress
- Elizabeth Montgomery, an American film and television actress
- Elizabeth Moore (1894 - 1976), an American local historian and preservationist
- Elizabeth Olsen, an American actress
- Elizabeth Perkins, an American actress
- Elizabeth Ramsey, Filipino comedian, singer and actress
- Elizabeth Rose, a Benedictine nun at Chelles, France
- Elizabeth A. Smart, an American female activist and contributor for ABC News (American Broadcasting Corporation)
- Elizabeth Stride, the third murder victim of Jack the Ripper
- Elizabeth Taylor, (1932-2011), a British-American actress
- Elizabeth Terry, American chef
- Elizabeth Underwood, a pioneering Australian land owner
- Elisabeth von Matsch, (1380's -- around 1439), last countess of Toggenburg
- Empress Wanrong, the last Empress of China. She was also known as Elizabeth, the English name her tutor gave her.
- Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of Edward IV
- Elizabeth of York, Queen consort of England as spouse of King Henry VII from 1486 until 1503
- Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, was the middle daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia
- Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia (Serbian: Kneginja Jelisaveta Kara?or?evi? / ??????? ?????????? ????????????
- Elizabeth Young (author), a London-based literary critic and author
- Elizabeth Zimmermann, a British-born knitter
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon), wife of King George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
- Helen Elizabeth Nash, (1921-2012) American physician
Fictional characters with this given name
- Elizabeth, main character and A.I. companion in the video game BioShock Infinite
- Elizabeth Shaw, main character in Ridley Scott's movie "Prometheus"
- Elizabeth Webber, fictional character on the daytime soap opera General Hospital
- Elizabeth Bennet, main character in the novel by Jane Austen, "Pride and Prejudice"
- Elizabeth, a truck from the TV series Thomas and Friends
- Elizabeth, a muppet from the TV series Sesame Street
- Elizabeth Poldark, character from the novel and BBC series Poldark
- March "Beth" from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Elizabeth Jones, protagonist of the Lifetime movie Reviving Ophelia
- Elizabeth Swann, a main character in the film series "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Nicknames
Derived from Elizabeth are many short forms and nicknames used in English-speaking countries, including but not limited to:
Name variants listed above may also be used as nicknames.
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