Elizabeth meaning of word

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Detail of Saint Elizabeth in a painting on an altar by Lucas Cranach the Elder
Pronunciation
Gender	Female
Language(s)	English
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Derivation	Elisheva
Meaning	My God is an oath
Other names
Related names	Bess Bessie Bessy Beth Betsy Bettina Betty Buffy Eliza Elsa Else Elsebeth Elspeth Isabel Isabella Isabelle Lettie Libby Lisa Liza Liz Lizzie Lizzy

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», as rendered in the Septuagint.

Occurrence in the Bible[edit]

«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[edit]

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[edit]

Full name[edit]

• Elisabeta, Elisa, Liza, Izabela (Albanian)
• أليصابات, أليشابع, إِلِيزَابِيث (‘alīṣābāt, ‘alīshābaʻ, ilīzābīth) (Arabic)
• Ilisapesi (Tongan)
• Irihāpeti (Māori)
• ელისაბედ (Elisabed) (Shesan)
• Aelswith, Aelswithia, Elesabeth, Elyzabeth (English)
• Ⲉⲗⲉⲥⲁⲃⲏⲕ (Ilisabek) (Coptic)
• Alžběta, Eliška (Czech)
• Alžbeta (Slovak)
• Ealasaid (Scottish Gaelic)
• Ealisaid (Manx)
• Elesbed (Breton)
• Elizabete, Isabel, Elisabete (Portuguese)
• Eliisabet, Eliise (Estonian)
• Elikapeka (Hawaiian)
• Elisa (Turkish)
• Elizabeti (Swahili)
• 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)
• Elsbeth (Dutch), (German), (Scots), (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 (Polish)
• エリザベス (Erizabesu) (Japanese)
• Erzsébet (Hungarian)
• Isabella (Italian), (Dutch)
• Isabelle (French), (Dutch)
• Isabel (Spanish), (Dutch)
• Եղիսաբեթ (Yeghisabet), Ելսաբեթ (Elsabet) (Armenian)
• Chinese: 伊丽莎白; pinyin: Yī lì shā bái (Chinese Simplified)
• Chinese: 伊麗莎白; pinyin: 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 (Persian)
• ਇਲੀਸਬਤ (Ilīsabata) (Punjabi)
• எலிசபெத் (Elicapet) (Tamil)
• ఎలిజబెత్ (Elijabet) (Telugu)
• เอลิซาเบธ (Elisābeṭh) (Thai)
• الزبتھ (Urdu)
• עליזאַבעטה (Eʻlyzabeta) (Yiddish)

Diminutives[edit]

• 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, Lisabeth, 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)
• Ιζαμπέλλα, Ισαβέλλα (Izabella, Isavella) (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[edit]

• 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)
• 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)
• Liza (English), (Polish), (Russian), (Ukrainian)
• Lizina (Latvian)
• Lizzie (English), (Norwegian)

Middle[edit]

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

Second half[edit]

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

People with the given name[edit]

Empresses regnant[edit]

• Elizabeth of Russia (1709–1762)

Empresses consort[edit]

• Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691–1750), consort of Emperor Charles VI
• Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden) (1779–1826), wife of Tsar Alexander I of Russia
• Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837–1898), wife of Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I, also known as Empress Elisabeth or «Sisi»
• Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900–2002), wife of the King-Emperor George VI of the United Kingdom
• Empress Wanrong (1906–1946), last Empress of China, also known as Elizabeth, the English name her tutor gave her

Queens regnant[edit]

• Elizabeth I (1533–1603), queen of England and Ireland
• Elizabeth II (1926–2022), queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms

Queens consort[edit]

• Elisabeth of Swabia (1203–1235), also known as Beatrice of Swabia, queen consort of Castile and León
• Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (c. 1227–1273), queen consort of Germany, Jerusalem and Sicily
• Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1230–1266), queen consort of Germany
• Elizabeth the Cuman (1239/1240–1290), queen consort and regent of Hungary
• Elizabeth of Hungary, Queen of Serbia (1255–1313), queen consort of Serbia
• Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary (1261–1303), queen consort of Hungary
• Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (c. 1262–1312), queen consort of Germany
• Elizabeth of Aragon (1271–1336), queen consort, queen dowager and queen mother of Portugal, also known as Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
• Elisabeth Richeza of Poland (1286–1335), queen consort of Bohemia and Poland
• Elizabeth de Burgh (1289–1327), queen consort of Scotland
• Elisabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330), queen consort of Bohemia
• Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Sicily (1298–1352), queen consort and regent of Sicily
• Elizabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg (c. 1300-before 1340), junior queen consort of Denmark, wife of Eric Christoffersen
• Elizabeth of Poland, Queen of Hungary (1305–1380), queen consort of Hungary, regent of Poland
• Elizabeth of Bosnia (c. 1339–1387), queen of Hungary and Poland
• Elizabeth of Pomerania (1347–1393), queen consort and queen dowager of the Romans, Bohemia, Italy and Burgundy
• Elisabeth of Nuremberg (1358–1411), queen consort of the Romans
• Isabeau of Bavaria (c. 1370–1435), also known as Elisabeth of Bavaria-Ingolstadt, queen consort of France
• Elizabeth Granowska (c. 1372–1420), queen consort of Poland
• Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409–1442), queen consort of the Romans, Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia
• Elisabeth of Habsburg (1436–1505), queen consort, queen dowager and queen mother of Poland
• Elizabeth Woodville (c. 1437–1492), queen consort of Edward IV
• Elizabeth of York (1466–1503), queen consort of King Henry VII of England
• Elizabeth of Austria (1526–1545), queen consort of Poland
• Elisabeth of Valois (1545-1568), queen consort of Spain
• Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (1554–1592), queen consort of France
• Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596–1662), daughter of James VI and I of Scotland and England, the «Winter Queen» of Bohemia
• Elisabeth of France (1602–1644), queen consort of Spain and Portugal
• Elisabeth Farnese (1692–1766), queen consort, queen dowager and queen mother of Spain
• Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (1711–1741), queen consort of Sardinia, Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia
• Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715–1797), queen consort and queen dowager of Prussia
• Kaʻahumanu (c. 1768–1832), also known as Elizabeth Kaʻahumanu, queen consort and queen regent of Hawaiʻi
• Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801–1873), queen consort of Prussia
• Kīnaʻu (c. 1805–1839), also known as Elizabeth Kīnaʻu, queen consort, queen regent and dowager queen of Hawaiʻi
• Elisabeth of Bavaria (1837–1898), queen consort of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia
• Elisabeth of Wied (1843–1916), queen consort and queen dowager of Romania
• Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876–1965), wife of King Albert I of Belgium
• Elisabeth of Romania (1894–1956), queen consort of King George II of Greece
• Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900–2002), queen consort, queen dowager and queen mother of the United Kingdom

Princesses[edit]

• Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618–1680), Bohemian princess and philosopher
• Princess Élisabeth of France (Élisabeth Philippine Marie Hélène; 1764–1794), sister of Louis XVI of France, also known as Madame Élisabeth
• Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770–1840), daughter of George III
• Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864–1918) (1864–1918), Russian grand duchess and Orthodox martyr, wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia and granddaughter of Queen Victoria
• Elizabeth Bagration (1880–1915), Georgian royal princess
• Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark (1904–1955), later Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach, the middle daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia
• Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (1935–2018)
• Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia (born 1936)
• Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant (born 2001), oldest child and heiress apparent of Philippe, King of the Belgians

Other aristocrats[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• Elizabeth Andrews (1882–1960), first woman organiser of the Labour Party in Wales
• 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 (c. 1846–1927), 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 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, superindent 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 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 (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 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
• 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 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 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[edit]

• 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
• Emily-Elizabeth Howard from Clifford the Big Red Dog.
• Elizabeth Johnson, main character in the FX series American Horror Story: Hotel, portrayed by Lady Gaga
• 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 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

See also[edit]

• Elizabeth Hernandez (disambiguation)
• Ælfthryth, an unrelated Anglo-Saxon name, derived from the Old English Ælfþryð (‘elf-strength’), superficially similar to ‘Elspeth’ and several other variants of ‘Elizabeth’; more often rendered as ‘Elfriede’, ‘Elfrida’ or ‘Alfreda’.

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• Elisabeth

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English Elizabeth, from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Old Testament Biblical Hebrew אלישבע‎ (Elisheva, “my God is an oath”). See El and שבועה‎.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /əˈlɪzəbəθ/

Proper noun[edit]

Elizabeth (countable and uncountable, plural Elizabeths)

1. A female given name from Hebrew, popular since the 16th century.
   • 1595 Edmund Spenser, Amoretti, LXXIV:

     Most happy letters! framed by skilful trade, / With which that happy name was first designed, — — — / Ye three Elizabeths! for ever live, / That three such graces did unto me give.

   • 1988 Barbara Vine ( =Ruth Rendell ), The House of Stairs, p.21:

     «Because if you say it over and over to yourself, darling, it really is a quite strange-sounding name, isn’t it? It’s just as strange as any other from the Old Testament, Mehetabel or Hepsibah or Shulamith, and any of them might have got to be as fashionable as Elizabeth if a queen had been called by them.

   • 1993, Phillip Margolin, Gone But Not Forgotten, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 25:

     No one ever called Elizabeth Tannenbaum stunning, but most men found her attractive. Hardly anyone called her Elizabeth, either. An «Elizabeth» was regal, cool, an eyecatching beauty. A «Betsy» was pleasant to look at, a tiny bit overweight, capable, but still fun to be with.

2. A surname originating as a matronymic.
3. A suburb of Adelaide, Australia; named for Elizabeth II.
4. A locale in the United States.
   1. A city, the county seat of Union County, New Jersey; named for Elizabeth de Carteret, wife of George Carteret, one of two original Lords Proprietor of the Colony New Jersey.
   2. A city in Minnesota; named for early settler Elizabeth Niggler.
   3. A town in Colorado; named for a family member of John Evans, 2nd Governor of the Territory of Colorado.
   4. A town in Indiana; named for Elizabeth Lemmon Zenor, daughter-in-law of early landowner Jacob Zenor.
   5. A town in Louisiana.
   6. A town, the county seat of Wirt County, West Virginia; named for early settler Elizabeth Woodyard Beauchamp.
   7. A village in Illinois; said to be named for three early settlers all named Elizabeth.
   8. A borough of Pennsylvania; named for early settler Elizabeth Mackay Bayard.
   9. An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
   10. An unincorporated community in Georgia; named for Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Georgia senator Joseph E. Brown.

Derived terms[edit]

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• Elizabethan

Translations[edit]

Statistics[edit]

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Elizabeth is the 38439^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 576 individuals. Elizabeth is most common among White (60.94%) and Hispanic/Latino (25.17%) individuals.

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Elizabeth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 521.

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English Elizabeth, from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Old Testament Biblical Hebrew אלישבע‎ (Elisheva, “my God is an oath”).

Proper noun[edit]

Elizabeth

1. a female given name from Hebrew

Middle English[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Elizabeth

1. The mother of John the Baptist

   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Luke 1:5, lines 1–4, page 27r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe’s translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     IN þe daies of eroude kyng of iudee · ẏ was a preſt ſacharie bi name : of þe ſorte of abia and his wijf was of þe douȝtris of aaron : ⁊ hir name was eliȝabeth /

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

2. Elisheba, the wife of Aaron.
   • 1380s Wycliffe Bible: Exodus 6:23:

     Sotheli Aaron took a wijf, Elizabeth,the douytir of Amynadab, the sistr of Naason.

Descendants[edit]

• English: Elizabeth

The name Elizabeth is a biblical name of Hebrew origin. Its earliest origins can be traced back to the Old Testament of the Bible, where it was defined as “God is my oath” in Hebrew. The most popular reference to the name in the Bible is in the New Testament as the mother of John the Baptist.

In the Old Testament, Elizabeth appears in its Hebrew form Elisheva as the wife of Aaron, who is the brother of Moses. In the New Testament, it appears in the Greek form as Elisabet, who is the mother of John the Baptist.

According to the Bible, Mary, pregnant with Jesus, goes on a journey to visit her cousin Elizabeth. Elizabeth was pregnant with John the Baptist at the time. When she hears Mary’s voice calling out a greeting to her, the baby leapt in her womb and she was filled with the Holy Spirit.

How Popular Is the Name Elizabeth?

Elizabeth is a classic name that never seems to lose its appeal. It has been a popular name since the early 1900s, having been a top-30 baby name for girls in the U.S. throughout the past century. 

The name Elizabeth was extremely popular in the first part of the 1900s, holding a top 10 spot from 1900 to 1925. It only dropped to its lowest ranking of 26 around the late 1940s. It then steadily increased in popularity again until it made it back to the top 10 in the 1980s.

The 2021 statistics rank the name Elizabeth as the 14th most popular name for girls in America.

Its shortened form or variations can certainly be used however you see fit. Masculine variations are not common, but names such as Eli and Eliseo can have the same meaning.

Name Variations

As it is a biblical name, Elizabeth has an equivalent in many different languages:

• Isabella (Italian)
• Isobel (Scottish)
• Isabel (Spanish)
• Elisabeta (Romanian)
• Elisabete (Portuguese)
• Élisabeth (French)
• Eliisabet (Estonian)
• Elikapeka (Hawaiian)

Similar Names

• Elsbeth
• Bethany
• Isabelle
• Lisa
• Elisa

Common Nicknames

Elizabeth allows for many nicknames that can suggest a variety of personalities: 

• Bess
• Bette
• Betty
• Betsey
• Bessie
• Betta
• Eli
• Ellie
• Elsabet
• Elise
• Eliza
• Elsa
• Babette
• Bettina
• Lisbeth
• Liz
• Lizzie
• Liza

Suggested Sibling Names

Other girl names from the Bible and from English royal tradition:

• Miriam
• Sarah
• Hannah
• Abigail
• Leah
• Rebecca
• Mary
• Martha
• Victoria
• Margaret
• Catherine
• Eleanor
• Anne

Famous People Named Elizabeth

• Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
• Elizabeth Taylor, actress
• Elizabeth Hurley, actress
• Betty White, actress
• Elizabeth Arden, makeup brand icon
• Elizabeth “Betsy” Ross, maker of the first American flag
• Betty Wright, R&B singer
• Betty Friedan, feminist writer
• Betty Carter, Jazz singer
• Elizabeth Warren, politician
• Bette Midler, singer and actress

Fictional Elizabeths

• Elizabeth Bennett, fictional character from Pride and Prejudice
• Elizabeth “Beth” March, fictional character from Little Women
• Betty Rubble, fictional character from The Flintstones
• Elizabeth «Betty» Cooper, fictional character from Archie comics

• Defenition of the word elizabeth

  • Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn (1533-1603)
  • 1926-
  • Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign w
  • daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
  • Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603)

Synonyms for the word elizabeth

• • Elizabeth
  • Elizabeth I
  • Elizabeth II

Meronymys for the word elizabeth

• • House of Tudor
  • House of Windsor
  • Tudor
  • Windsor

Hypernyms for the word elizabeth

• • female monarch
  • name
  • queen
  • Queen of England
  • queen regnant

See other words

• • What is elaine
  • The definition of elaina
  • The interpretation of the word eileen
  • What is meant by eftychia
  • The lexical meaning effie
  • The dictionary meaning of the word edythe
  • The grammatical meaning of the word edwina
  • Meaning of the word edna
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word edlyn
  • The origin of the word ella
  • Synonym for the word ellen
  • Antonyms for the word elliana
  • Homonyms for the word ellie
  • Hyponyms for the word ellinor
  • Holonyms for the word eloise
  • Hypernyms for the word elsa
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word elsie
  • Translation of the word in other languages elspeth