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.Randall K. Tan, David A. deSilva, and Isaiah Hoogendyk, The Lexham Greek-English Interlinear Septuagint: H.B. Swete Edition (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), Ex 6:23.
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. In 2022, it was the 25th most popular name given to girls in Canada. 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
(Albanian) () (Arabic) (Tongan) , Elisapeta (Māori) () (Georgian) Aelswith, Aelswithia, Elesabeth, Elizabeth, Elyzabeth (English) () (Coptic) , (Czech) (Slovak) (Scottish Gaelic) (Manx) , , , Isibéal (Irish) (Breton) (Portuguese) , (Estonian) (Hawaiian) Elisa (Finnish, Turkish) Elizabeti (Swahili) Elizabeth, Elisabet, Elisabeth (Indonesian) Elisabet (Catalan, Danish, Finnish, German, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish) (Icelandic) (Romanian) , (French) Elisabeth (Catalan, English, 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/Farsi) () (Punjabi) () (Tamil) () (Telugu) () (Thai) () (Urdu) () (Yiddish)
Diminutives (Spanish) (Hungarian) (French) Isabel (Catalan, English, Indonesian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, French) Isabela (Spanish, Indonesian, Portuguese, Italian) Isabell (English, German, Norwegian) Isabella (Dutch, English, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish) Isabelle (English, French, Indonesian, 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, Indonesian, Norwegian, Swedish) Lisbeth (German, Indonesian, Norwegian, Danish) (Spanish, chiefly Latin American) (Galician) (Slovene) (Armenian) () (Greek) () (Serbian) () (Russian, Serbian) () (Ukrainian, Belarusian) () (Ukrainian) () (Georgian)
First half (Danish) Aley, Aleyamma, Aleykutty (Malayalam) (Portuguese) (Manx) (Irish language) (Polish) (Afrikaans) (Norwegian) El, Elly (English, Dutch) Eli (Catalan, English, Spanish) Eli, Eliamma, Elseena (Malayalam) (Finnish) (German) Elisa (Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Portuguese) (French) Eliška, Líza (Czech) and (Slovak) (Bulgarian) (Georgian) Elissa (English, Indonesian, Norwegian) Eliza (Albanian, English, Indonesian, Polish) Elka (Albanian, Polish) Ellee, Elsie, Elyse, Leesa, Lizzy, Liz, Lysette (English) Elli (Finnish, German) Ellie (Origin unknown) (Dutch) Elsa (Catalan, Dutch, Finnish, German, Indonesian, 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, Liis (Estonian, Finnish) Lila (mostly for kids) (Catalan, Indonesian, Polish) Lili (French, Polish) (Indonesian) Lis (Danish, English, Norwegian, Swedish) Lisa (Catalan, Danish, English, German, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Welsh) Lisanne (Dutch, English, Norwegian) Lise (French, Norwegian) Liselotte (Danish, German, Norwegian) (Swedish) Liz, Liza (English, Indonesian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian) (Latvian) Lizzie, Lizzy (English, Norwegian)
Middle (French) Ibbie, Ibby, Issy, Issie, Libby, Libbie, Liddy, Liddie (English) (archaic, rural areas) (Catalan) (German)
Second half (Scottish Gaelic) (Catalan) (Spanish) (Italian) Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Betsey, Bette, Bettie, Betty, Bettye, Birdie, Bitsy, Buffy, Zabeth (English) (Czech) (Welsh) (Slovak) (Italian) (German) Bettina (German, Italian, Hungarian) (Estonian)
People with the given name Biblical figures
Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist (1st century BC).
Royalty Empress Elizabeth, lists various empresses named Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth, lists various queens named Elizabeth Elizabeth I (1533–1603; ), queen regnant of England and Ireland Elizabeth II (1926–2022; ), queen regnant of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900–2002), queen consort of the United Kingdom and British Dominions, mother of Elizabeth II Princess Elizabeth, lists various princesses named Elizabeth Elizabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1642–1677), Princess Consort of Anhalt-Bernburg Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (1288–1335), Polish princess of the House of Piast and by her two marriages Queen consort of Bohemia and Poland and Duchess consort of Austria and Styria Elizabeth of Slavonia (1352 – c. 1380), heir presumptive to the Hungarian throne Elizabeth of Töss (1292 – c. 1336), Hungarian princess and the last member of the House of Árpád
Other aristocrats Countess Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg (1537–1579), German noblewoman Countess Elisabeth of Nassau (1577–1642), the second daughter of prince William of Orange and his third spouse Charlotte of Bourbon, and Duchess of Bouillon by marriage Countess Elizabeth Dobrženský von Dobrženitz (1875–1951), Bohemian noblewoman Elisabeth of Austria (c. 1285 – 1353), member of the House of Habsburg and Duchess of Lorraine Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676–1744), princess of Commercy Elizabeth of Bavaria, Duchess of Austria (c. 1306 – 1330), the first wife of Otto, Duke of Austria Elizabeth of Blois, Duchess of Apulia (c. 1130 – after 1175), French noblewoman and later nun at Fontevraud Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen (1510–1558) German noblewoman Elisabeth of Carinthia (c. 1262 – 1312), Duchess of Austria and Queen of Germany Elizabeth of Carinthia (1298–1352), Queen consort of Sicily Elizabeth of Frankopan (1386–1422), Croat noblewoman and Countess of Celje Elizabeth of Görlitz (1390–1451), reigning Duchess of Luxemburg Elisabeth Juliana Francisca of Hesse-Homburg (1681–1707), German landgravine Elizabeth of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1596–1625), German noblewoman Elizabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg (c. 1300 – before 1340), Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg, regent of the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg during the minority of her son and queen consort of Denmark 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 of Nassau-Hadamar (died 1412), abbess in Essen, Germany Elizabeth of Nevers (1439–1483), French noblewoman and Duchess of Cleves Elizabeth of Poland, Duchess of Pomerania (1326–1361), Polish noblewoman and Pomeranian Duchess Elizabeth of Serbia (fl. 1270 — died 1331), Baness consort of Bosnia Elisabeth van den Eynde, Princess of Belvedere (1674–1743), Italian noblewoman Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941), Australian-born writer and German aristocrat by marriage Elisabeth von Matsch (c. 1380s – c. 1439), last countess of Toggenburg Elizabeth Apsley (died 1626), English courtier Elizabeth Bacon (c. 1541 – 1621), English aristocrat Elisabeth Bagréeff-Speransky (1799–1857), Russian noblewoman and writer Elizabeth Báthory (1560–1614), niece of the Polish King Stephen Báthory; Hungarian countess and murderer Elizabeth Beauchamp, Baroness Bergavenny (1415–1448), English baroness Elisabeth Berenberg (1749–1822, German banker and heiress Elizabeth Berlay (died 1518), English lady in waiting Elizabeth Blount (died 1540), English noblewoman and mistress of Henry VIII Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480–1538), English noblewoman Elizabeth Boleyn (lady-in-waiting), English noblewoman Elizabeth Bourchier, 4th Baroness Bourchier (c.1399–1432), English noblewoman Elizabeth Bourchier (died 1557), English noblewoman Elizabeth Bruce (born c. 1327), daughter of Robert I of Scotland Elizabeth Brydges (c. 1575–1617), English aristocrat, Maid of Honour to Elizabeth I, and victim of bigamy Elizabeth Burghersh, 3rd Baroness Burghersh, English noblewoman Elizabeth Campbell, Duchess of Argyll (1824–1878), British noblewoman and abolitionist Elizabeth Capell, Countess of Essex (1636–1718), English noblewoman Elizabeth Carew, mistress of Henry VIII Elizabeth Carnegy, Baroness Carnegy of Lour (1925–2010), British peer Elizabeth Cecil, 15th Baroness Ros (1570–1591), English noblewoman Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676–1744), Duchess consort of Lorraine and Bar Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652–1722), Duchess of Orléans Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg (1597–1660), Duchess of Prussia Elizabeth Cheney (1422–1473), English noblewoman Elizabeth Claypole (1629–1658), daughter of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland Elizabeth Compton, Countess of Northampton (1694–1740), British peer Elisabeth Corvinus (1496–1508), last member of the Hungarian Royal House of Hunyadi Elizabeth Cromwell (1598 –1665) wife of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland Elizabeth Cromwell (1598–1665), the wife of Oliver Cromwell and Her Highness the Lady Protector Elizabeth Danvers (1545–1630), English noblewoman Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Northampton (1313–1356), English noblewoman and co-heiress of her brother Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron Badlesmere Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster (1332–1363), Norman-Irish noblewoman Elizabeth de Comyn (1299–1372), English noblewoman Elizabeth Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (1916–2008), English-born Scottish noblewoman Elizabeth Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk (1366– 1425), English noblewoman Elizabeth Granowska (1372–1420), queen consort of Poland Elizabeth Hamilton, comtesse de Gramont (1641–1708), Irish-born courtier and French noblewoman Elizabeth Harcourt, Countess Harcourt (1747–1826), British courtier Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll (1801–1856), British aristocrat and illegitimate daughter of King William IV Elizabeth Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1737–1831), English noblewoman Elizabeth Hussey, Baroness Hungerford (c. 1510–1554), English noblewoman