Elizabeth (given name)

Elizabeth (given name)
Elizabeth is a feminine given name, a variation of the Hebrew name , meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance", as rendered in the Septuagint.
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.
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', 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
Full name
(Albanian)
(Arabic)
(Tongan)
, Elisapeta (Māori)
(Georgian)
Aelswith, Aelswithia, Elesabeth, Elyzabeth (English)
(Coptic)
, (Czech)
(Slovak)
(Scottish Gaelic)
(Manx)
(Irish)
(Breton)
(Portuguese)
, (Estonian)
(Hawaiian)
(Turkish)
Elizabeti (Swahili)
Elisabet (Catalan), (Danish), (Finnish), (German), (Spanish), (Swedish)
(Icelandic)
(Romanian)
, (French)
Elisabeth (Catalan), (Danish), (Dutch), (German), (Norwegian), (Swedish)
(Esperanto)
(Italian)
, (Greek)
(Bulgarian)
(Belarusian)
(Hebrew)
(Basque)
Elizabeta (Albanian), (Croatian), (Bosnian), (Slovene)
Elizabete (Basque), (Latvian)
(Korean)
(Malayalam)
(Danish)
Elsbeth (Dutch), (German), (Scots), (Swiss German)
(Scots)
(Vietnamese)
, (Serbian), (Macedonian)
, (Russian)
(Ukrainian)
(Lithuanian)
, (Polish)
(Japanese)
(Hungarian)
Isabella (Italian), (Dutch)
Isabelle (French), (Dutch)
Isabel (Spanish), (Dutch)
, (Armenian)
(Chinese Simplified)
(Chinese Traditional)
(Bengali)
(Gujarati)
(Hindi)
(Kannada)
(Marathi)
(Mongolian)
(Nepali)
(Persian)
(Punjabi)
(Tamil)
(Telugu)
(Thai)
(Urdu)
(Yiddish)
Diminutives
(Spanish)
(Hungarian)
(English)
(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)
(Vietnamese)
(Manx)
Isbel, Isebella, Izabelle, Lisabeth, Lizabeth, Sabella, Sissy (English)
(Scottish Gaelic)
(Scots)
(Irish)
Izabel (Portuguese (archaic)), (Spanish), (Polish)
Izabela (Czech), (Polish)
Izabella (Hungarian), (Polish)
Lettie (Greek), (Latin)
(Dutch)
(Italian)
Lisbet (Danish), (Norwegian), (Swedish)
Lisbeth (German), (Norwegian), (Danish)
(Spanish, chiefly Latin American)
(Galician)
(Slovene)
(Armenian)
(Greek)
(Serbian)
(Russian), (Serbian)
(Ukrainian), (Belarusian)
(Ukrainian)
(Georgian)
First half
(Danish)
(Malayalam)
(Portuguese)
(Manx)
(Irish language)
(Polish)
(Afrikaans)
(Norwegian)
Elly (English), (Dutch)
Eli (Catalan), (English), (Spanish)
(Malayalam)
(Finnish)
(German)
Elisa (Finnish), (Italian), (Norwegian), (Spanish), (Portuguese)
(French)
Eliška (Czech) and (Slovak)
(Bulgarian)
(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)
(Dutch)
Elsa (Catalan), (Dutch), (Finnish), (German), (Italian), (Norwegian), (Portuguese), (Spanish), (Swedish)
Else (Danish), (German), (Norwegian)
(Estonian)
(Hebrew)
Elzė (Lithuanian)
(Hungarian)
(German)
Ilse (Dutch), (German)
Isa (Spanish), (Portuguese)
(Spanish)
Izzie (English)
Izzy (English), (Norwegian)
(Serbian)
Lies (Dutch), (German)
Lieselotte (German), (Swedish)
Liisa, Liisi, (Estonian), (Finnish)
Lila (mostly for kids) (Catalan), (Polish)
Lili (French), (Polish)
(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)
(Swedish)
Liza (English), (Polish), (Russian), (Ukrainian)
(Latvian)
Lizzie (English), (Norwegian)
Middle
(French)
Ibbie, Issy, Libby, Liddy (English)
(archaic, rural areas) (Catalan)
(German)
Second half
(Scottish Gaelic)
(Catalan)
(Spanish)
(Italian)
Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Betsey, Bette, Bettie, Betty, Bettye, Bitsy, Buffy, Zabeth (English)
(Czech)
(Welsh)
(Slovak)
(Italian)
(German)
Bettina (German), (Italian), (Hungarian)
(Estonian)
People with the given name
Empresseses, queens, and princesses
Empress Elizabeth (disambiguation), lists various empresses named Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth (disambiguation), lists various queens named Elizabeth
Elizabeth I (1533–1603), 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), queen regnant of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms
Princess Elizabeth (disambiguation), lists various princesses named Elizabeth
Other aristocrats
Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter (1363–1426), younger daughter and second surviving child of 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 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
Elizabeth Beckley, British astronomical photographer
Élisabeth Bergeron (1851–1936), Canadian Venerable religious servant
Lady Elizabeth Philippa 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
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, 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 Jaranyi (1918–1998), Holocaust survivor and writer
Elisabeth Jastrow (1890–1981), German-born classical archaeologist
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 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 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 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 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
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
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 ), American chef
Elizabeth Tudor (writer) (born 1978), Azerbaijani-Russian science fiction writer
Elizabeth Underwood (1794–1858), pioneering Australian land owner
Elizabeth Warren (born 1949), American politician and 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
Elizabeth, a truck from the TV series 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
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
Elizabeth Keen, main character from the American TV series 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
Effy Stonem, main character from the British teen drama Skins
Elizabeth Swann, a main character in the film series Pirates of the Caribbean
Elizabeth Thompson, main character in the anime 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, American Girl character, best friend of Felicity Merriman
See also
, an unrelated Anglo-Saxon name, derived from the Old English ('elf-strength'), superficially similar to 'Elspeth' and several other variants of 'Elizabeth'; more often rendered as 'Elfriede', 'Elfrida' or 'Alfreda'.
References
English feminine given names
Feminine given names
Hebrew feminine given names
Modern names of Hebrew origin