Given name
Élisabeth
“God is my oath”
In French use, Élisabeth has a related form in Elisabeth. One interpretation is “God is my oath.”
Original FrenchEli
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Élisabeth has a related form in Elisabeth. One interpretation is “God is my oath.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Élisabeth developed from Elisabeth. In French usage, Élisabeth developed from אלישבע.
Élisabeth’s family of names
In French usage, Élisabeth has a diminutive in Lisa. In French usage, Élisabeth developed from the Latin form Elisabeth. In French usage, Élisabeth has a conventional equivalent in the English form Elizabeth.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Élisabeth has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Frenchwhere Élisabeth comes from · 12 names
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 42
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Isabellaequivalent
- ElizabethEnglish
- IsabelSpanish
- Isabelleequivalent
- Izabellaequivalent
- Lizequivalent
- Lizaequivalent
- Betsyequivalent
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- Izabelequivalent
- Izabelaequivalent
- Ilseequivalent
- Lieslequivalent
- Lieselequivalent
- Ilsaequivalent
- Elspethequivalent
- Elisabetequivalent
- Betinaequivalent
- Bettinaequivalent
- Elizabetequivalent
- ElisabettaItalian
- Ilzeequivalent
- Liisaequivalent
- Lieseequivalent
- Tineequivalent
- Elizabetaequivalent
- Yelizavetaequivalent
- Ealisaidequivalent
- Liesbethequivalent
- Elesbedequivalent
- Elżbietaequivalent
- Liisiequivalent
- Elizabetoequivalent
- Ísabellaequivalent
- 伊麗莎白Chinese
- ЭлизабетRussian
- ЕлизаветаRussian
- AlžbětaCzech
- Eskeequivalent
- Ilzaequivalent
- Elžbietaequivalent
- Erzsébetequivalent
- אלישבעroot · Biblical Hebrew
People named Élisabeth
- Élisabeth Vigée Le BrunFrench portrait painter (1755–1842)
- Élisabeth BornePrime Minister of France from 2022 to 2024born 1961
- Elisabeth of France, Queen of SpainQueen consort of Spain (1602-1644)
- Élisabeth of FranceFrench Princess, Sister of King Louis XVI, Martyr and Servant of God1764–1794
- Élisabeth Charlotte d'OrléansFrench princess (1676-1744)
- Élisabeth BadinterFrench author, historian, and professorborn 1944
- Élisabeth Jacquet de La GuerreFrench musician1665–1729
- Rachel FélixFrench actress (1821–1858)
- Élisabeth Baume-SchneiderSwiss politicianborn 1963
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