Given name
Erzsébet
“God is my oath”·“My God is bountiful”
Erzsébet 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
Erzsébet 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.
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Where it comes from
Erzsébet 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
Erzsébet 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
Erzsébet 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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Erzsébet’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Erzsébet has a diminutive in Böske. Erzsébet shares a linguistic root with Elizabeth. In Hungarian usage, Erzsébet has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Isabel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Erzsébet has relatives in 7 languages.
15 related names in 7 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.
- Erzsódiminutive · Hungarian
- Erzsidiminutive · Hungarian
- Erzsókdiminutive · Hungarian
- Örzsikdiminutive · Hungarian
- Erzsikdiminutive · Hungarian
- Örzsediminutive · Hungarian
- Erzsediminutive · Hungarian
- Böskediminutive · Hungarian
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 45
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Isabellaequivalent
- Elizabethcognate · English
- IsabelSpanish
- Isabelleequivalent
- Izabellaequivalent
- ElisabethGerman
- Lisaequivalent
- Bettyequivalent
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- Lizequivalent
- Lizaequivalent
- Betsyequivalent
- Tinaequivalent
- Izabelequivalent
- Izabelaequivalent
- Ilseequivalent
- Lieslequivalent
- Lieselequivalent
- Ilsaequivalent
- Elspethequivalent
- Elisabetequivalent
- Betinaequivalent
- Bettinaequivalent
- Elizabetequivalent
- Elisabettaequivalent
- Ilzeequivalent
- Liisaequivalent
- Elizabetaequivalent
- Yelizavetaequivalent
- Lieseequivalent
- Tineequivalent
- Liseequivalent
- Élisabethequivalent
- Ealisaidequivalent
- Liesbethequivalent
- Elesbedequivalent
- Elżbietaequivalent
- Liisiequivalent
- Elizabetoequivalent
- Ísabellaequivalent
- 伊麗莎白Chinese
- ЕлизаветаRussian
- AlžbětaCzech
- Ilzaequivalent
- Elžbietaequivalent
- Eskeequivalent
People named Erzsébet
- Elizabeth of BosniaQueen Consort of Hungary, Croatia and Poland1339–1387
- Elizabeth of Poland, Queen of HungaryHungarian queen1305–1381
- Erzsébet SchaárHungarian sculptor (1908–1975)
- Erzsébet KocsisHungarian handball playerborn 1965
- Erzsébet Gulyás-KötelesHungarian gymnast (1924–2019)
- Erzsébet CséziHungarian singerborn 1979
- Erzsébet ViskiHungarian kayakerborn 1980
- Elizabeth Szilágyi15th century Hungarian queen, noblewoman1410–1483
- Erzsébet GalgócziHungarian writer, journalist, screenwriter, politician (1930-1989)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Erzsébet, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Orzebet
“my God is bountiful”
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Elizavet
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Yelisabeth
“my God is bountiful”
—
Els
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
1% boys · 99% girls
Jezibel
>99% girls
Oleisa
“my God is bountiful” · “God is my oath”
>99% girls
Yelisaveta
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Ealasaid
“one who is devoted to God”
>99% girls