Top 100 Baby Girl Name

Elizabeth is a feminine given name derived from the Greek Elisabet (Greek: Ελισάβετ ), which is a form of the Hebrew name Elisheva (Hebrew: אֱלִישֶׁבַע ‎), meaning "God is my oath" or "God is my abundance."

"Elizabeth" appears in the Old Testament as the name of Aaron's wife ("Elisheva"), 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.

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 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. It was the 81st most popular name given to baby girls born in Chile in 2006. 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 in Belarus. One of the most popular variants is Isabel or Isabella. In French there is the variant Isabelle.

Name variants

Alternate forms include:

• Ailsa (Danish)
• Alžběta (Czech)
• Alzira (Portuguese)
• Beileag (Scottish)
• Belita (Spanish)
• Bella (Italian)
• Bess (English)
• Bessie (English)
• Běta (Czech)
• Beth (English)
• Bethan (Welsh)
• Betsan (Welsh)
• Betsy (English)
• Bětka (Czech)
• Betta (Italian)
• Bette (English)
• Betti (German)
• Bettie (English)
• Bettina (German), (Italian)
• Betty (English)
• Bettye (English)
• Bětuška (Czech)
• Božena (Czech)
• Buffy (English)
• Ealasaid (Scottish Gaelic)
• Ealisaid (Manx)
• Ealee (Manx)
• Ealish (Manx)
• Eilís (Irish Gaelic)
• Eilish (Irish)
• Ela (Polish)
• Elesbed (Breton)
• Eli, Eliamma (Aley, Aleyamma, Aleykutty) (Malayalam)
• Eliisa (Finnish)
• Eliisabet (Estonian)
• Elikapeka (Hawaiian)
• Elis (German)
• Elisa (Portuguese), (Finnish), (Italian), (Spanish)
• Elisabet (Danish), (German), (Swedish)
• Elisabeta (Romanian)
• Elisabete (Portuguese)
• Élisabeth (French)
• Elisabeth (Danish), (Dutch), (German), (Norwegian), (Swedish)
• Elisabetta (Italian)
• Elisavet (Greek)
• Élise (French)
• Elise (Norwegian)
• Elisete (Portuguese)
• Elisaveta (Bulgarian)
• Elisheba (Hebrew)
• Elisheva (Hebrew)
• Eliška (Czech)
• Eliso (Georgian)
• Elissa (English)
• Elixabete (Basque)
• Eliza (English), (Polish)
• Elizabeta (Slovene), (Albanian)
• Elizabete (Basque), (Latvian)
• Elizaveta (Russian)
• Elka (Polish)
• Elli (Finnish), (German)
• Ellisif (Norwegian)
• Els (Dutch)
• Elsa (Dutch), (Finnish), (German), (Portuguese), (Spanish), (Swedish)
• Elsapet (Armenian)
• Elsavetta (Russian)
• Elsbeth (German), (Scottish), (Swiss German)
• Elschen (German)
• Else (Danish), (German), (Norwegian)
• Elsie (English)
• Elspeth (Scottish)
• Elts (Estonian)
• Elunia (Polish)
• Elyse (English)
• Elyzabeth (English)
• Elzbieta (Lithuanian)
• Elżbieta (Polish)
• Elzbute (Lithuanian)
• Elzira (Portuguese)
• Elżunia (Polish)
• Erzsébet (Hungarian)
• Erzsi (Hungarian)
• Etti (Estonian)
• Etty (Estonian)
• Ibbie (English)
• Ilsa (German)
• Ilse (Dutch), (German)
• Isa (Spanish), (Portuguese)
• Isabeau (French)
• Isabel (English), (Portuguese), (Spanish)
• Isabela (Spanish)
• Isabelita (Spanish)
• Isabell (English), (German)
• Isabella (Dutch), (English), (Italian), (Spanish), (Swedish)
• Isabelle (English), (French), (German)
• Isbal (Manx)
• Isbel (English)
• Iseabail (Scottish)
• Isebella (English)
• Ishbel (Scottish)
• Isibéal (Irish)
• Isidora (Portuguese)
• Isobel (Scottish)
• Issa (Spanish)
• Iza (Spanish)
• Izabel (Portuguese (Archaic)), (Spanish)
• Izabela (Czech), (Polish)
• Izabella (Hungarian), (Polish)
• Izabelle (English)
• Izzy (English)
• Jelisaveta (Serbian)
• Leesa (English)
• Libby (English)
• Lies (Dutch), (German)
• Liesa (German)
• Liesbeth (Dutch)
• Lieschen (German)
• Liese (German)
• Liesel (German)
• Lieselotte (German)
• Liesje (Dutch)
• Liesl (German)
• Liisa (Estonian), (Finnish)
• Liisi (Estonian), (Finnish)
• Liisu (Estonian)
• Lijsbeth (Dutch)
• Lili (French)
• Lilike (Hungarian)
• Lilli (German)
• Lis (Danish), (English), (Norwegian), (Swedish)
• Lisa (Danish), (English), (Italian), (Norwegian), (Swedish), (Portuguese) (Welsh)
• Lisanne (Dutch), (English)
• Lisaveta (Ukrainian)
• Lisbet (Danish), (Norwegian), (Swedish)
• Lisbeth (German)
• Lise (French), (Norwegian)
• Liselot (Dutch)
• Liselotte (Danish), (German)
• Lisen (Swedish)
• Liset (French)
• Liseta (Spanish)
• Lisette (French)
• Liz (English)
• Liza (English), (Russian)
• Lizbeth (English)
• Lizette (French)
• Lizi (Georgian)
• Lizina (Latvian)
• Lizzie (English)
• Lizzy (English)
• Lys (German)
• Lysette (English)
• Sabela (Galician)
• Sabella (English)
• Sibéal (Irish)
• Špela (Slovene)
• Yeghisapet (Armenian)
• Yelizaveta (Russian)
• Yelysaveta (Ukrainian)
• Ysabel (Spanish)
• Ysbal (Manx)
• Yza (Spanish)
• Yzabel (Spanish)
• Yzabela (Spanish).
• Zabel (Armenian)
• Zsóka (Hungarian)

Nicknames for Elizabeth

Derived from Elizabeth are many short forms and nicknames used in English-speaking countries including:

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