Elizabeth (given name)

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Pronunciation /ᵻˈlɪzəbəθ/ Word/name Hebrew via Greek Region of origin Worldwide		Gender Female Meaning "My God is an oath"
Related names Elisabeth, Isabel, Izabel, Ebbie, Irene Isabella, Isabelle, Lyzbeth, Lisbeth, Eliza, Lisa, Lissa, Liza, Liz, Lizzie, Els, Elsa, Elza, Elisa, Belle, Bella, Betta, Beth, Betty, Bettie, Beetle, Bethany, Bess, Besse, Betsy, Buffy, Lily, Lilibeth, Bessie, Elisla, Liesl, Libby, Libbi, Lilla, Elspeth, Billie, Tizzy, Zabby, Libbie, Effy, Elly, Ellie, Ella, Elzbieta, Liddy, Lizzy.

Elizabeth is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisabet, Modern Greek pronunciation Elisávet), which is a form of the Hebrew name Elisheva (אֱלִישֶׁבַע‎), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance," as rendered in the Septuagint.

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.

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 (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 in Belarus. One of the most popular variants is Isabel or Isabella. In French there is the variant Isabelle.

Full name

ელისაბედ (Elisabed) (Georgian)

إليصابات (Ilīṣābāt), إليشبع (Ilīšabaʿ) (Arabic)

Alyzabeth (Modern)

Alžběta (Czech)

Alžbeta (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)

Ελισάβετ (Elisávet), Ζαμπέτα (Zabéta) (Greek)

Eлисавета (Elisaveta) (Bulgarian)

Элізабэт (Elіzabet) (Belarusian)

אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elisheba, Elisheva) (Hebrew)

Elixabete (Basque)

Elizabeta (Albanian), (Croatian), (Bosnian), (Slovene)

Elizabete (Basque), (Latvian)

엘리자베스 (Ellijabeseu) (Korean)

Elishua (Malayalam)

Elsbeth (German), (Scots), (Swiss German)

Elspeth (Scots)

Elisabet (Finnish)

Êlizabét (Vietnamese)

Elyzabeth (English)

Elžbieta (Lithuanian)

Elżbieta (Polish)

Elzbute (Lithuanian)

エリザベス (Erizabesu) (Japanese)

Erzsébet (Hungarian)

Irihapeti (Māori)

Isabella (Italian), (Dutch)

Isabelle (French), (Dutch)

Isabel (Spanish), (Dutch)

Јелисавета (Jelisaveta), Елизабета (Elizabeta) (Serbian)

Եղիսաբեթ (Yeghisapet), Ելսաբեթ (Elsapet) (Armenian)

Елизaвета (Yelizaveta), Элизабет (Elizabet) (Russian)

Єлизавета (Yelyzaveta) (Ukrainian)

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)

엘리자베스 (Ellijabeseu) (Korean)

Елизабет (Elizabet) (Macedonian)

एलिझाबेथ (Ēlijhābētha) (Marathi)

Элизабет (Elizabyet) (Mongolian)

एलिजाबेथ (Ēlijābētha) (Nepali)

الیزابت (Persian)

ਇਲੀਸਬਤ (Ilīsabata) (Punjabi)

எலிசபெத் (Elicapet) (Tamil)

ఎలిజబెత్ (Elijabet) (Telugu)

เอลิซาเบธ (Elisābeṭh) (Thai)

Елізабет (Elizabet) (Ukrainian)

الزبتھ (Urdu)

עליזאַבעטה (Eʻlyzabeta) (Yiddish)

Clipped forms

Chabela (Spanish)

ლიზა (Liza), ლიზი (Lizi), ლიზიკო (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)

Ισαβέλλα (Isavella) (Greek)

Ιζαμπέλλα (Izabella) (Greek)

Lisaveta (Ukrainian)

Lisbet (Danish), (Norwegian), (Swedish)

Lisbeth (German), (Norwegian)

Лизa (Liza) (Russian)

Lyzbeth (English)

Sabela (Galician)

Sabella (English)

Sibéal (Irish)

Špela (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 Gaelic)

Eilish (Irish)

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)

Eliška (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)

Elżunia (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)

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)

Běta (Czech)

Beth (English)

Bethan (Welsh)

Betsan (Welsh)

Betsy (English)

Bětka (Czech)

Betka (Slovak)

Betta (Italian)

Bette (English)

Betti (German)

Bettie (English)

Bettina (German), (Italian)

Betty (English)

Bettye (English)

Bětuška (Czech)

Blair (Scots)

Buffy (English)

Etti (Estonian)

Etty (Estonian)

People with this given name

Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603)

Queen Elizabeth II (born 1926)

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 David, a British cookery writer

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 jail worker

Elizabeth Gaskell, British novelist and short story writer

Elizabeth Gillies, an American Broadway actress

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 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 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 Yugoslavia (Serbian: Kneginja Jelisaveta Karađorđević / Кнегиња Јелисавета Карађорђевић

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 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"

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.

References

Elizabeth (given name) Wikipedia

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