Given name
Alžběta
“God is my oath”·“My God is bountiful”
Alžběta is a form of Elizabeth. “God is my oath” is the etymological interpretation given for Elisabeth, the same name in a different spelling. “My God is bountiful” is another recorded interpretation, but the two should be kept distinct rather than blended into one literal translation.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alžběta is a form of Elizabeth. “God is my oath” is the etymological interpretation given for Elisabeth, the same name in a different spelling. “My God is bountiful” is another recorded interpretation, but the two should be kept distinct rather than blended into one literal translation.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alžběta is a form of Elizabeth. Elizabeth is the usual English spelling of Elisabeth. The related biblical forms connect it with the Hebrew name Elisheba, borne by Aaron’s wife.
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How it developed
In Czech use, Alžběta is used as a form of Elizabeth. Alžběta is a form of Elizabeth. The shared background comes through Elizabeth: English generally uses Elizabeth with a z, where many European languages retain Elisabeth with an s. Elisabeth is connected with Elisheba; its final element may have been reshaped through association with Hebrew shabbath, “sabbath.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Alžběta is a form of Elizabeth. The history of Elizabeth gives this family its wider story. The New Testament Elisabeth is the mother of John the Baptist. English royal associations include Elizabeth I and, in the twentieth century, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and her daughter Elizabeth II. Elizabeth’s familiar forms developed along several paths, including Eliza, Beth, Bess, Betty, Libby and Lizzie.
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Alžběta’s family of names
In Czech usage, Alžběta has a diminutive in Alžbětka. Alžběta shares a linguistic root with Elizabeth. In Czech usage, Alžběta has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form Isabella.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alžběta has relatives in 23 languages.
25 related names in 23 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Bětunkadiminutive · Czech
- Alžbětkadiminutive · Czech
- Bětkadiminutive · Czech
- Lízinkadiminutive · Czech
- Lízadiminutive · Czech
- Bětuškadiminutive · Czech
- Bětadiminutive · Czech
- Bétashort form
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 52
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- IsabellaLatin
- Elizabethcognate · English
- IsabelSpanish, Portuguese
- Isabelleequivalent
- Izabellaequivalent
- ElisabethGerman, Dutch
- Lisaequivalent
- Bettyequivalent
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- Lizequivalent
- Lizaequivalent
- Tinaequivalent
- Betsyequivalent
- Izabelequivalent
- Izabelaequivalent
- Ilseequivalent
- Lieslequivalent
- Lieselequivalent
- Ilsaequivalent
- ElspethEnglish
- ElisabetSwedish, Catalan
- Betinaequivalent
- Bettinaequivalent
- Elizabetequivalent
- ElisabettaItalian
- Lieseequivalent
- Tineequivalent
- Liseequivalent
- Elizabetaequivalent
- Yelizavetaequivalent
- Ilzeequivalent
- ElisabetaRomanian
- LiisaFinnish
- Yelyzavetaequivalent
- Єлизаветаequivalent
- Elizabetoequivalent
- Ísabellaequivalent
- 伊麗莎白Chinese
- ЕлизаветаRussian
- Eskeequivalent
- Ilzaequivalent
- Elžbietaequivalent
- Ealisaidequivalent
- Liesbethequivalent
- Elesbedequivalent
- Liisiequivalent
- ЕлізабетUkrainian
- AlžbetaSlovak
- ΕλισάβετGreek
- ElżbietaPolish
- ErzsébetHungarian
- ÉlisabethFrench
- ЕлисаветаBulgarian
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Alžběta
- Alžbeta HavrančíkováSlovak cross-country skierborn 1963
- ZeaSlovak television actress, dancer, singer and modelborn 1991
- Alžběta Bášovábadminton playerborn 1993
- Alžbeta BačíkováSlovak cyclistborn 1990
- Alžběta DufkováCzech synchronized swimmerborn 1990
- Babeta DražkováCzechoslovak swimmer1905–1988
- Alžběta TrojanováCzech journalist and presenterborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Alžběta, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Zaritah
“princess”
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Zaryta
“princess”
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Zareitah
“princess”
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Yelisaveta
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Oleisa
“my God is bountiful” · “God is my oath”
>99% girls
Zareata
“princess”
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Orzebet
“my God is bountiful”
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Elizavet
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls