Elizabeth (given name)

Elizabeth is a feminine given name, a variation of the Hebrew name Elisheva (אֱלִישֶׁבַע), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance",^{[citation needed]} as rendered in the Septuagint.^{[citation needed]}

Occurrence in the Bible

"Elizabeth" appears in the Hebrew Bible 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.

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 remained in the top ten US girls' names list from 1925 to 1972.^[1]

In the early 21st century, Elizabeth has been among the top 50 names given to girls in the past 10 years born in England and Wales, as well Canada and Australia, and has been in the top 100 most popular names given to baby girls born in Scotland and Ireland. Elizaveta (Eлизaвeтa), 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 Belarus.

Name variants

• Elisabeta, Elisa, Liza, Izabela (Albanian)
• أليصابات, أليشابع, إِلِيزَابِيث ('Alīṣābāt, 'Alīshābaʻ, Ilīzābīth) (
  Arabic
  )
• Ilisapesi (Tongan)
• Irihāpeti, Elisapeta (Māori)
• ელისაბედ (Elisabed) (Georgian)
• Aelswith, Aelswithia, Elesabeth, Elyzabeth (English)
• Ⲉⲗⲉⲥⲁⲃⲏⲕ (Ilisabek) (Coptic)
• Alžběta, Eliška (Czech)
• Alžbeta (Slovak)
• Ealasaid (Scottish Gaelic)
• Ealisaid (Manx)
• Eibhlís, Eilís, Éilis, Isibéal (Irish)
• Elesbed (Breton)
• Elizabete, Isabel, Elisabete (Portuguese)
• Eliisabet, Eliise (Estonian)
• Elikapeka (Hawaiian)
• Elisa (Turkish)
• Elizabeti (Swahili)
• Elizabeth, Elisabet, Elisabeth (Indonesian)
• Elisabet (Catalan, Danish, Finnish, German, Spanish, Swedish)
• Elísabet (Icelandic)
• Elisabeta (Romanian)
• Élisabeth, Élizabeth (French)
• Elisabeth (Catalan, Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish)
• Elizabeto (Esperanto)
• Elisabetta (Italian)
• Ελισάβετ (Elisávet), Ζαμπέτα (Zabéta) (Greek)
• Eлисавета (Elisaveta) (Bulgarian)
• Альжбета (Alžbieta) (Belarusian)
• אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elisheba, Elisheva) (
  Hebrew
  )
• Elixabete (Basque)
• Elizabeta (Albanian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovene)
• Elizabete (Basque, Latvian)
• 엘리자베스 (Ellijabeseu) (Korean)
• Elishua (Malayalam)
• Elsebeth (Danish)
• Swiss German
  )
• Elspeth (Scots)
• Êlizabét (Vietnamese)
• Елизабета, Јелисавета (Elizabeta, Jelisaveta) (Serbian, Macedonian)
• Елизaвета, Элизабет (Yelizaveta, Elizabet) (Russian)
• Єлизавета, Елізабет (Yelyzaveta, Elizabet) (Ukrainian)
• Elžbieta, Elzbute (Lithuanian)
• Elżbieta, Izabela (Polish)
• エリザベス (Erizabesu) (Japanese)
• Erzsébet (Hungarian)
• Isabella (Italian, Dutch)
• Isabelle (French, Dutch)
• Isabel (Spanish, Dutch)
• Եղիսաբեթ (Yeghisabet), Ելսաբեթ (Elsabet) (Armenian)
• 伊丽莎白; Yī lì shā bái (Chinese, simplified)
• 伊麗莎白; Yīlìshābái (Chinese, traditional)
• এলিজাবেথ (Ēlijābētha) (Bengali)
• એલિઝાબેથ (Ēlijhābētha) (Gujarati)
• एलिज़ाबेथ (Ēlizābētha) (Hindi)
• ಎಲಿಜಬೆತ್ (Elijabet) (Kannada)
• एलिझाबेथ (Ēlijhābētha) (Marathi)
• Элизабет (Elizabyet) (Mongolian)
• एलिजाबेथ (Ēlijābētha) (Nepali)
• الیزابت (Alazabt) (Persian/Farsi)
• ਇਲੀਸਬਤ (Ilīsabata) (Punjabi)
• எலிசபெத் (Elicapet) (Tamil)
• ఎలిజబెత్ (Elijabet) (Telugu)
• เอลิซาเบธ (Elisābeṭh) (Thai)
• الزبتھ (Elizebath) (Urdu)
• עליזאַבעטה (Eʻlyzabeta) (Yiddish)

Diminutives

• Chabela, Isabelita, Ybel, Ysabel, Yzabel, Yzabela (Spanish)
• Erzsi (Hungarian)
• Isabeau (French)
• Isabel (Catalan, English, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, French)
• Isabela (Spanish, Portuguese)
• Isabell (English, German, Norwegian)
• Isabella (Dutch, English, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish)
• Isabelle (English, French, German)
• Isave (Vietnamese)
• Isbal, Ysbal (Manx)
• Isbel, Isebella, Izabelle,
  Lizabeth, Sabella, Sissy (English
  )
• Iseabail (Scottish Gaelic)
• Ishbel, Isobel (Scots)
• Isibéal, Sibéal (Irish)
• Izabel (Portuguese (archaic), Spanish, Polish)
• Izabela (Czech, Polish)
• Izabella (Hungarian, Polish)
• Lettie (Greek, Latin)
• Liesbeth, Lijsbeth (Dutch)
• Lisabella (Italian)
• Lisbet (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish)
• Lisbeth (German, Norwegian, Danish)
• Lizbeth (Spanish, chiefly Latin American)
• Sabela (Galician)
• Špela (Slovene)
• Zabel, Liza (Armenian)
• Λίζα, Βέτα (Liza, Veta) (Greek)
• Јелисавка, Савета, Савка (Jelisavka, Saveta, Savka) (Serbian)
• Лизa (Liza) (Russian, Serbian)
• Ліза (Liza) (Ukrainian, Belarusian)
• Лісавета (Lisaveta) (Ukrainian)
• ლიზა, ლიზი, ლიზიკო (Liza, Lizi, Liziko) (Georgian)

First half

• Ailsa (Danish)
• Aley, Aleyamma, Aleykutty (Malayalam)
• Alzira, Elisete, Lilianna (Portuguese)
• Ealee, Ealish (Manx)
• Eilís, Éilis (Irish language)
• Ela, Elunia, Elzira, Elżunia (Polish)
• Elbie (
  Afrikaans
  )
• Elise, Ella, Ellisif (Norwegian)
• El, Elly, (English, Dutch)
• Eli (Catalan, English, Spanish)
• Eli, Eliamma (Malayalam)
• Eliisa (Finnish)
• Elis, Elschen (German)
• Elisa (Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Portuguese)
• Élise, Elysée, Liset, Lisette, Lizette, Lysa, (French)
• Eliška (Czech) and (Slovak)
• Elina, Elena (Bulgarian)
• Eliso, Lizi (Georgian)
• Elissa (English, Norwegian)
• Eliza (Albanian, English, Polish)
• Elka (Albanian, Polish)
• Ellee, Elsie, Elyse, Leesa, Lizzy, Liz, Lysette (English)
• Elli (Finnish, German)
• Ellie (Origin unknown)
• Els, Liesje, Liselot, (Dutch)
• Elsa (Catalan, Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish)
• Else (Danish, German, Norwegian)
• Elts, Liis, Liisbet, Liisu (Estonian)
• Elza (
  Hebrew
  )
• Elzė (Lithuanian)
• Erzsi, Lilike, Zsóka (Hungarian)
• Ilsa, Liesa, Lieschen, Liese, Liesel, Liesl, Lilli, Lys (German)
• Ilse (Dutch, German)
• Isa (Spanish, Portuguese)
• Issa, Iza, Liseta, Yza (Spanish)
• Izzie (English)
• Izzy (English, Norwegian)
• Lela (Serbian)
• Lies (Dutch, German)
• Lieselotte (German, Swedish)
• Liisa, Liisi, (Estonian, Finnish)
• Lila (mostly for kids) (Catalan, Polish)
• Lili (French, Polish)
• Liliana, Liliani (Indonesian)
• Lis (Danish, English, Norwegian, Swedish)
• Lisa (Catalan, Danish, English, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Welsh)
• Lisanne (Dutch, English, Norwegian)
• Lise (French, Norwegian)
• Liselotte (Danish, German, Norwegian)
• Lisen (Swedish)
• Liz, Liza (English, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian)
• Lizina (Latvian)
• Lizzie, Lizzy (English, Norwegian)

Middle

• Babette (French)
• Ibbie, Ibby, Issy, Issie, Libby, Libbie, Liddy, Liddie (English)
• Liba (archaic, rural areas) (
  Catalan
  )
• Isa (German)

Second half

• Beileag (Scottish Gaelic)
• Bel (Catalan)
• Belita (Spanish)
• Bella (Italian)
• Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Betsey, Bette, Bettie, Betty, Bettye, Bitsy, Buffy, Zabeth (English)
• Běta, Bětka, Bětuška (Czech)
• Bethan, Betsan (Welsh)
• Betka (Slovak)
• Betta (Italian)
• Betti (German)
• Bettina (German, Italian, Hungarian)
• Etti, Etty, Essie, Ettie (Estonian)

People with the given name

Royalty

• Empress Elizabeth (disambiguation), lists various empresses named Elizabeth
• Queen Elizabeth (disambiguation), lists various queens named Elizabeth
  • Elizabeth I (1533–1603; r. 1558–1603), queen regnant of England and Ireland
  • Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900–2002), queen consort of the United Kingdom and British Dominions, mother of Elizabeth II
  • Elizabeth II (1926–2022; r. 1952–2022), queen regnant of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms
• Princess Elizabeth (disambiguation), lists various princesses named Elizabeth

Other aristocrats

• John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Blanche of Lancaster
• Elisabeth von Matsch, (1380s—around 1439), last countess of Toggenburg
• Elizabeth Báthory (1560–1614), niece of the Polish King Stephen Báthory; Hungarian countess and murderer

Saints

• Elizabeth (1st century BC), the mother of John the Baptist
• Elisabeth of Schönau (1129–1164), a German Benedictine visionary
• Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231), the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary
• Elizabeth of Aragon
  or Elizabeth of Portugal (1271–1336), Queen consort of Portugal
• Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821), the first canonized "American" saint
• Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864–1918)
  , Eastern Orthodox saint and wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
• Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880–1906), French Carmelite nun

Others

• Elizabeth Andrews (1882–1960), first woman organiser of the Labour Party in Wales
• Elizabeth Amoaa (born 1983), Ghanaian advocate
• Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq (1916–2003), Canadian Inuk textile artist
• Elizabeth Arden (1881–1966), American businesswoman
• Elizabeth Barr Arthur (1884–1971), American poet, author, journalist, librarian, and suffragist
• Elizabeth Mary Aslin (1923–1989), English art historian, administrator, author and lecturer
• Elizabeth Banks (born 1974), American actress
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), Victorian era poet
• Elisabeth Bauriedel (born 1939), German politician
• Elizabeth Beckley
  (c. 1846–1927), British astronomical photographer
• Élisabeth Bergeron (1851–1936), Canadian Venerable religious servant
• Elizabeth Biddulph, Baroness Biddulph (1834-1916), English humanitarian, temperance leader; Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria
• Elizabeth Blackadder (1931–2021), Scottish painter and printmaker
• Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910), the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States
• Elizabeth Baker Bohan (1849–1930), British-born American author, journalist, artist, social reformer
• Elizabeth Joanna Bosman (1894–1963), South African author, first Afrikaner novelist published in English
• Elizabeth Bowen Thompson
  (1812/1813–1869), British missionary who founded of the British Syrian Schools
• Elizabeth Bruenig (born 1990), American writer and opinion columnist for The New York Times
• Elisabeth Busse-Wilson (1890-1974), German historian
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902), American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement
• Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806), English poet, classicist, writer, translator, linguist, polymath
• Elisabeth Cavazza (1849–1926), American author, journalist, music critic
• Elizabeth Williams Champney (1850–1922), American writer
• Elizabeth Marney Conner (1856–?), American dramatic reader, educator, author
• Elizabeth Cottrell (born 1975), American geologist
• Elizabeth Craig-McFeely (born 1927), British Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service
• Elizabeth Cromwell (1598–1665), the wife of Oliver Cromwell and Her Highness the Lady Protector
• Elizabeth Litchfield Cunnyngham (1831-1911), American missionary and church worker
• Elizabeth Daily
  (born 1961), American actress and singer
• Elizabeth Otis Dannelly (1838–1896), American poet
• Elizabeth David (1913–1992), British cookery writer
• Elizabeth Debicki (born 1990), Australian actress
• Elizabeth Jessup Eames
  (1813–1856), American writer
• Elisabeth Ebeling (1946–2020), German film and stage actress
• Elizabeth Edwards (1949–2010), American attorney, a best-selling author and a health care activist
• Elisabeth Erke (born 1962), Norwegian Sami educator and politician
• Elizabeth Hawley Everett (1857-1940), American clubwoman, suffragist, author, magazine founder/editor, school principal, superintendent of schools
• Elizabeth Sterling Haynes (1897–1957), Canadian theatre activist
• Elizabeth Filippouli, Greek journalist-turned-entrepreneur, founder of the international non-profit think tank Global Thinkers Forum
• Elizabeth Fraser (born 1963), Scottish singer
• Elizabeth Fry (1780–1845), English prison reformer
• Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865), British novelist and short story writer
• Elizabeth Gillies (born 1993), American Broadway actress
• Elizabeth Ayton Godwin (1817–1889), English hymnwriter, religious poet
• Elizabeth Putnam Gordon (1851–1933), American temperance advocate, author
• Elizabeth Greenhill (bookbinder), (1907–2006), English bookbinder
• Elizabeth Greenwood (1873–1961), New Zealand photographer
• Elisabeth Griffith, American historian, educator, and activist
• Elizabeth Haigh (born 1988), Singaporean chef
• Elizabeth Amherst Hale (1774–1826), Canadian Watercolor Artist
• Elizabeth Mae "Lzzy" Hale (born 1983), American musician, singer, songwriter. Lead singer and rhythm guitarist for Halestorm
• Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757–1854), American philanthropist and wife of United States founding father Alexander Hamilton
• Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1843–1925), American author, lecturer, reformer philanthropist
• Elizabeth Harrower (disambiguation), several people
• Elizabeth Haselwood (c. 1644–1715), English silversmith
• Elisabeth Hasselbeck (born 1977), American actress
• Elizabeth Henstridge (born 1987), English actress, model, and director.
• Elizabeth Hernandez (disambiguation), several people
• Elizabeth Hoare (1915–2001), English church furnisher and actress
• Elizabeth Holmes (born 1984), American fraudster who founded Theranos
• Elizabeth Hulette aka Miss Elizabeth (1960–2003), professional wrestling manager
• Elizabeth Hughes Gossett (1907–1981), daughter of American politician Charles Evans Hughes
• Elizabeth Hurley (born 1965), British actress and model
• Elizabeth Hyatt, American Union nurse and ambulance driver during the American Civil War.
• restoration ecologist
• Elizabeth Jaranyi (1918–1998), Holocaust survivor and writer
• Elisabeth Jastrow (1890–1981), German-born classical archaeologist
• Elizabeth Johnston Evans Johnston (1851-1934), American philanthropist and social worker
• Elisabetta Keller (1891–1969), Swiss-Italian artist
• Elizabeth Kelly (born 1921), British actress
• Elizabeth "Ellie" Kemper (born 1980), American actress and comedian
• Elizabeth Kenny (1880–1952), Australian nurse
• Elizabeth D'Arcy Kinne (1843–1918), American organizational leader
• Elizabeth Lail (born 1992), American actress
• Elizabeth Lambert, American writer of romance
• Elizabeth Lazebnik, Latvian Canadian filmmaker
• Elizabeth "Betty" Washington Lewis (1733–1797), sister of George Washington
• Elizabeth A. Lynn (born 1946), American writer most known for fantasy and to a lesser extent science fiction
• Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864-1922), Canadian writer, suffragist
• Elisabeth MacIntyre, (1916–2004), Australian writer and illustrator
• Elizabeth Eunice Marcy
  (1821–1911), American author, activist, and social reformer
• Elizabeth Margosches, American statistician
• Elisabeth Marschall (1886–1947), head nurse (Oberschwester) at Ravensbrück concentration camp, later executed for war crimes
• Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather
  (1815–1882), American writer
• Elizabeth McGovern (born 1961), American actress
• Elizabeth Meckes (1980–2020), American mathematician
• Elizabeth Smith Middleton (1814–1898), English-born Canadian social reformer
• Elizabeth Miller (1878–1961), American novelist
• Elizabeth Mitchell (1972–1998), American shag dancer
• Elizabeth Monk (1898–1980), Canadian lawyer and city councillor
• Elizabeth Monroe (1768–1830), First Lady of the United States (1817–1825)
• Elizabeth "Eliza" Monroe Hay (1786–1840), American socialite
• Elizabeth Montgomery (1933–1995), American actress
• Elizabeth Moore (1894–1976), American local historian and preservationist
• Elizabeth Martha Olmsted
  (1825–1910), American poet
• Elizabeth Murdoch (1909–2012), Australian philanthropist
• Elisabeth Murray (1909–1998), English biographer and educationist
• Elizabeth Mystakidou (born 1977), Greek taekwondo athlete
• Elizabeth O'Hara (medical doctor) from Melbourne, Australia (1866-1942)
• Elizabeth Olsen (born 1989), American actress
• Elizabeth Perkins (born 1960), American actress
• Elizabeth Pesiridou (born 1992), Greek hurdler
• Elizabeth Power (born 1941), English actress
• Elizabeth Ramsey (1931–2015), Filipina comedian, singer, and actress
• Elizabeth Raum (born 1945), Canadian oboist and composer
• Elizabeth Bunnell Read (1832-1909), American journalist and suffragist
• Élisabeth Renaud (1846-1932), co-founder, Groupe Feministe Socialiste
• Elizabeth Rose (nun) (died 1130), Benedictine nun at Chelles, France
• Elizabeth Lownes Rust (1835–1899), American philanthropist, humanitarian, Christian missionary
• Elizabeth Scott (1708–1776), English-American poet, hymnwriter
• Elisabeth Robinson Scovil (1849–1934), Canadian nurse and writer
• Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye (1858–1923), American writer
• Elizabeth Simcoe (1762–1850), British artist and diarist, wife of John Graves Simcoe
• Elisabeth Sladen (1946–2011), English actress
• Elizabeth Smart (born 1987), American female activist and contributor for ABC News (American Broadcasting Corporation)
• Elizabeth Willisson Stephen (1856-1925), American author
• Elizabeth Stride (1843–1888), the third murder victim of Jack the Ripper
• Elizabeth Stuart (disambiguation), several people
• Elizabeth Swados (1951–2016), American writer, composer, musician, and theatre director
• Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011), British-American actress
• Elizabeth Terry (born c. 1943), American chef
• Elizabeth Tudor (writer) (born 1978), Azerbaijani-Russian science fiction writer
• Elizabeth Underwood (1794–1858), pioneering Australian land owner
• United States Senator
  from Massachusetts
• Elizabeth Lowe Watson (1842–1927), American lecturer, suffragist
• Elizabeth Wettlaufer (born 1967), Canadian nurse and serial killer
• Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born 1985), real name of singer Lana Del Rey
• Elizabeth Young (author), contemporary romance writer
• Elizabeth Young (journalist) (1950–2001), literary critic and author
• Elizabeth Zachariadou (1931–2018), Greek historian
• Elizabeth Zimmerman (born 1948), Filipina former flight attendant and former wife of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte
• Elizabeth Zimmermann (1910–1999), British-born knitter

Fictional characters

• Elizabeth, main character and A.I. companion in the video game BioShock Infinite
• Elizabeth, from the videogame Persona 3
• Thomas and Friends
• Elizabeth, a muppet from the TV series Sesame Street
• Elizabeth Bennet, main character in the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice
• Lizzy Bruin, best friend of Sister Bear from
  The Berenstain Bears
• Elizabeth "Z" Delgado
  , the Yellow Ranger from Power Rangers SPD
• Betty DeVille
  , wife of Howard DeVille and mother of Phil and Lil DeVille on Rugrats
• Elisabeth Doppler,a character from the german netflix series Dark
• Elizabeth Drosselmayer, a supporting character in Barbie in the Nutcracker
• Emily-Elizabeth Howard, protagonist from Clifford the Big Red Dog.
• Elizabeth Johnson, main character in the FX series American Horror Story: Hotel, portrayed by Lady Gaga
• Elizabeth Jones, protagonist of the Lifetime movie
  Reviving Ophelia
• The Blacklist
• Elizabeth Lochley, main character in the 1990s science fiction TV series Babylon 5, and had appeared on the spin-off TV series Crusade
  .
• Elizabeth "Beth" March from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• Elizabeth "Lizzie" McGuire, main character of the teen sitcom Lizzie McGuire
• Elizabeth Midford, in the anime and manga Black Butler
• Elizabeth Poldark, from the novel and two BBC television series Poldark
• Betty Rubble, wife of Barney Rubble and adoptive mother of Bamm Bamm Rubble on The Flintstones
• Elizabeth Shaw, main character in Ridley Scott's movie Prometheus
• Skins
• Elizabeth Swann, a main character in the film series Pirates of the Caribbean
• Soul Eater
• Elizabeth Webber, on the daytime soap opera General Hospital
• Elizabeth Liones, main character in the manga The Seven Deadly Sins
• Elizabeth Sherman, from the Hellboy comic books
• Elizabeth Harmon, protagonist of the novel The Queen's Gambit
• Elizabeth 'Betsy' Braddock, from the X-men
• Elizabeth Weir (Stargate), main character in the TV series Stargate Atlantis
• Dr. Liz Wilson
  , the vet and Jon's love interest from Jim Davis's Garfield comic strip
• Elizabeth Afton, a main character from the
  Five Nights at Freddy’s
  franchise
• Elizabeth Cole,
  Felicity Merriman

See also

• Ælfthryth, an unrelated Anglo-Saxon name, derived from the Old English
  Ælfþryð ('elf-strength'), superficially similar to Aelswith, Elspeth, and several other variants of Elizabeth. Later, it was more often rendered as Elfriede, Elfrida or Alfreda.

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