Given name & surname
Elisabeth
“God is my oath”
Elisabeth is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “God is my oath.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “God is my oath.”
Where it comes from
Elisabeth is a variant 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
Elisabeth is used as a spelling variant of ELIZABETHused.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Elisabeth is a variant 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Elisabeth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 48,045
- 27 boys · 48,018 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 1,093 babies
- 2025
- 282
- #925 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 282 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 925 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 19.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,093 in 2001. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (31). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 45,239 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.
Elisabeth’s family of names
In English usage, Elisabeth has a diminutive in Lisa. Elisabeth shares a linguistic root with Elizabeth. In English usage, Elisabeth has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Isabel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Elisabeth has relatives in 27 languages.
64 related names in 27 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 46
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Elizabethvariant · English, Spanish
- Ellashort form · German
- Elizadiminutive · Polish
- Lillypet form · Swedish, Norwegian
- Elisadiminutive · German, Danish
- Lisapet form · English, German
- Elsadiminutive · German, Swedish
- Ellyshort form · Swedish, Danish
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- Lilidiminutive · German
- Ellidiminutive · German
- Ilsediminutive · German
- Lillidiminutive · German, Danish
- Liesldiminutive · German
- Lisettediminutive · French
- Lieseldiminutive · German, English
- Elisshort form · Estonian
- Lisbethvariant · German
- Elsbethdiminutive · German
- Bessieshort form · English
- Lisshort form · German
- Elisabetvariant · Swedish
- Lissydiminutive · Danish, English
- Bessdiminutive · French
- Babettediminutive · French, German
- Elissabethlikely variant
- Lieselottediminutive · German
- Liesediminutive · German
- Lizzidiminutive · Danish
- Lissiediminutive · Danish
- Sissidiminutive · German
- Liisashort form · Estonian
- Elsevariant · German
- Ellisabethlikely variant
- Bettldiminutive · gmw-ecg
- Maj-Lisshort form · Swedish
- Elspeshort form · German
- Bebbediminutive · Old English
- Liisshort form · Estonian
- Liisishort form · Estonian
- Liskendiminutive · Norwegian
- Lisendiminutive · Swedish, Norwegian
- Elsebethvariant · Danish
- Lissidiminutive · Danish
- Liesdiminutive · Dutch
- Élisabethvariant · French
- Lillibetvariant · German
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 58
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Isabellaequivalent
- Isabelderivative · Spanish, English
- Isabelleequivalent
- Izabellaequivalent
- Bettyequivalent
- Lizequivalent
- Lizaequivalent
- Betsyequivalent
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- Tinaequivalent
- Izabelequivalent
- Izabelaequivalent
- Ilsaequivalent
- Elspethequivalent
- Eilishequivalent
- Betinaequivalent
- Bettinaequivalent
- ElishebaEnglish
- Betzyequivalent
- Elisabettasee also · Italian
- Ilzeequivalent
- Sabelequivalent
- Lisabethequivalent
- Lisbetequivalent
- Elisabetaequivalent
- Lisederivative · Norwegian Bokmål
- Tineequivalent
- Elisavetequivalent
- Elizabetaequivalent
- Yelizavetaequivalent
- ElizabeteLatvian
- Ealisaidequivalent
- Liesbethequivalent
- Elesbedequivalent
- Lisebethequivalent
- Ísabellaequivalent
- Éilísequivalent
- Елисаветаequivalent
- 伊麗莎白Chinese
- ЕлизаветаRussian
- Isibéalderivative · Irish
- Elizabeþborrowing · Old English
- ElżbietaPolish
- AlžbětaCzech
- EliškaCzech
- Eskeequivalent
- Yelyzavetaequivalent
- Ilzaequivalent
- Ελισάβετequivalent
- Єлизаветаequivalent
- Elžbietaequivalent
- אלישבעroot · Biblical Hebrew
- Ἐλισάβετroot · Ancient Greek
- ErzsébetHungarian
- HilžbjetaUpper Sorbian
- AlžbetaSlovak
- RiripetiMāori
- IrihāpetiMāori
- ElizabetoEsperanto
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Elisabeth
- Empress Elisabeth of AustriaEmpress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from 1854 to 1898 (1837–1898)
- Betty WilliamsNorthern Irish peace activist (1943–2020)
- Élisabeth Vigée Le BrunFrench portrait painter (1755–1842)
- Elisabeth ShueAmerican actressborn 1963
- Elisabeth of WiedGerman writer; queen consort of Romania as the wife of King Carol I (1843–1916)
- Elisabeth MossBritish-American actress and producerborn 1982
- Elisabeth Kübler-RossSwiss-American psychiatrist and pioneer in near-death studies (1926-2004)
- Elisabeth of France, Queen of SpainQueen consort of Spain (1602-1644)
- Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by RhineGrand Duchess of Russia (1864–1918)
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Similar names
If you love Elisabeth, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Elizavet
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Yelisabeth
“my God is bountiful”
—
Libby
“my God is bountiful” · “God is my oath”
>99% girls
Orzebet
“my God is bountiful”
—
Yelisaveta
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Ealasaid
“one who is devoted to God”
>99% girls
Betsi
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Yelizavetam
“my God is bountiful” · “God is my oath”
>99% girls