Given name

Elizabete

Elizabete is a feminine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Portuguese and Latvian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Elizabete comes from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Elizabete through the years

Babies since 1880
10
0 boys · 10 girls
Most popular year
1978
5 babies
2025
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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01234198020002025Highest share 19780.0
Elizabete in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1978–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 273 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.

Elizabete’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Elizabete shares an earlier linguistic root with Isabel. In Latvian usage, Elizabete has a conventional equivalent in the English form Elizabeth. In Latvian usage, Elizabete has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Isabel.

Walk Elizabete’s family in the name graph

ElizabeteIlzeElisabeteElizabetteElizabethIsabelElisabeth伊麗莎白

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Elizabete has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.

PortugueseChineseHebrew

6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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