Name info: About the name Elisabeth in particular | Gender: | female |
Languages of use: | German, French, English, Greek |
Diminutives: | Bethli, Elsi, Lieschen, Liesel, Lili, Lilli, Lilly, Lisette, Liska, Lison, Sissi, Sissy |
Short forms: | Betje, Els, Elsa, Elsbeth, Else, Elza, Ilse, Liesa, Liesbeth, Liese, Lisa, Lisbeth, Lise, Lize, Lysa, Sabeth |
US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
Similarly written: | Elísabeth, Elisabet, Elísabet, Elisabetha, Elizabeth, Elisabetta, Elisaveta, Elizabet, Elizabeta, Elizabete Details |
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Group info: About Elizabeth, the group of names with the same origin as Elisabeth | Meaning/translation: | My God is abundance; My God has sworn |
Language of origin: | Hebrew |
Info about origin: | meaning not known for sure |
| 2 interpretations are common, with the second name element either derived from sheba (seven) or from shaba (oath): |
| My God is seven with the number seven as symbol for abundance, thus My God is abundance |
| or My God has sworn |
| in the Bible Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist |
Words: | el = God, the powerful Hebrew |
| sheba = seven Hebrew |
| shaba = the oath Hebrew |
Topics: | Old Testament |
Variants' top ranks: | 1:Lisa Germany/West 1991, 1:Elsa Sweden 2015, 1:Eliska Czechia 2023, 2:Elisabeth Austria 2015, 2:Elizabeth Paraguay 2014, 2:Lilly Sweden 2016, 2:Eliise Estonia 2015, 2:Erzsébet Hungary 2014, 3:Elise Belgium 2014, 4:Lili Hungary 2014 |
Somehow related to: | Isabella, Isaline, Lilian |
Old/original forms: | Elisheba Hebrew |
Name variants: | Alzbeta, Bessie, Bessy, Beth, Bethan, Bethli, Bethzy, Betina, Betje, Betsy, Betta, Bettina, Betty, Eliise, Elis, Elisa, Elísa, Elisabet, Elísabet, Elisabeth, Elísabeth, Elisabetha, Elisabetta, Elisabettina, Elisaveta, Elischeba, Elise, Élise, Eliska, Elissa, Eliza, Elizabet, Elizabeta, Elizabete, Elizabeth, Elizaveta, Elouise, Els, Elsa, Elsbeth, Else, Elsi, Elsie, Elyssa, Elza, Elzbieta, Erzsébet, Ilse, Libby, Liesa, Liesbeth, Lieschen, Liese, Liesel, Liezel, Liisa, Lili, Lilli, Lilly, Lis, Lisa, Lisbeth, Lise, Lisette, Liska, Lison, Lissette, Lissy, Liz, Liza, Lizbeth, Lize, Lizeth, Lizette, Lizi, Lizzie, Lizzy, Lysa, Sabeth, Sissi, Sissy, Spela, Yelizaveta Sortable list Details |
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Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Elisabeth | Series | Graph | Rankings |
Austria prevalence | | 2015 2 |
Germany prevalence | | 2005 5 |
Switzerland prevalence | | 2013 4 |
USA decades | Graph | 1990-1999 356, 1980-1989 322 |
USA yearly | Graph | 2023 994, 2022 973, 2020 985, 2019 908, 2018 788, 2017 773, 2016 683, 2015 717, 2014 603, 2013 609, 2012 617, 2011 604, 2010 591, 2009 552, 2008 523, 2007 510, 2006 497, 2005 444, 2004 434, 2003 424, 2002 363, 2001 286, 2000 390, 1999 402, 1998 382, 1997 328, 1996 366, 1995 374, 1994 360, 1993 334 |
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