Given name
Elisabet
“God is my oath”·“My God is bountiful”
Elisabet 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. In Swedish use, Elisabet has a related form in Elisabeth. One interpretation is “God is my oath.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Elisabet 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. In Swedish use, Elisabet has a related form in Elisabeth. One interpretation is “God is my oath.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Elisabet 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.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Elisabet developed from Ἐλισάβετ. Elisabet 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.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Elisabet 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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Elisabet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,520
- 0 boys · 1,520 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 51 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,025 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,025 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 19.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 51 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,599 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Elisabet’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Elisabet has a short form in Lisa. In Finnish usage, Elisabet shares a linguistic root with the English form Elizabeth. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Elisabet has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Isabel.
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Around the world
Elisabet has relatives in 12 languages.
17 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 43
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Isabellaequivalent
- Isabelalso known as · Spanish, Basque
- Isabelleequivalent
- Izabellaequivalent
- Tinaequivalent
- Izabelequivalent
- Izabelaequivalent
- Ilseequivalent
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- Lieslequivalent
- Lieselequivalent
- Ilsaequivalent
- Elspethequivalent
- Betinaequivalent
- Bettinaequivalent
- Elizabetequivalent
- ElisabettaItalian
- Liisaequivalent
- Elisabetaequivalent
- Lisbetrelated form
- Lieseequivalent
- Tineequivalent
- Elizabetaequivalent
- Yelizavetaequivalent
- Sabelequivalent
- Ilzeequivalent
- Lisabethequivalent
- Liisiequivalent
- Elizabetoequivalent
- Ísabellaequivalent
- 伊麗莎白Chinese
- ЕлизаветаRussian
- AlžbětaCzech
- Eskeequivalent
- Ilzaequivalent
- Elžbietaequivalent
- Erzsébetequivalent
- Élisabethequivalent
- Ealisaidequivalent
- Liesbethequivalent
- Elesbedequivalent
- Elisabetteequivalent
- Elżbietaequivalent
- Ἐλισάβετroot · Ancient Greek
See also 23
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Lilyalso known as · English
- Elliealso known as · English
- Elizaalso known as · English
- Elsiealso known as · English
- Elisealso known as · Swedish, English
- Ellealso known as · English
- Bettyalso known as · English
- Libbyalso known as · English
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- Lizalso known as · English
- Lizbethalso known as · English
- Lizaalso known as · English
- Lizziealso known as · English
- Betsyalso known as · English
- Lilibetalso known as · English
- Bethalso known as · English
- Lisbethalso known as · English
- Bessiealso known as · English
- Lissee also
- Bettealso known as · English
- Lissiealso known as · English
- Liddyalso known as · English
- Elixabetealso known as · Basque
- Betalso known as · English
People named Elisabet
- Betti AlverEstonian novelist and poet (1906-1989)
- Princess Elizabeth of SwedenSwedish princess; daughter of Gustav I of Sweden and Margaret Leijonhufvud (1549-1597)
- Elisabet Gustafsoncurlerborn 1964
- Elisabet NeyGerman-born American sculptor (1833-1907)
- Elisabet CarlssonSwedish actressborn 1968
- Elisabet LannSwedish politicianborn 1977
- Elisabet MartínezSpanish rugby playerborn 1988
- Elisabet CasanovasSpanish actorborn 1994
- Elísabet GunnarsdóttirIcelandic football coachborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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