Given name & surname
Lies
“God is my oath”·“My God is bountiful”
In Dutch use, Lies is a diminutive of Elisabeth. One interpretation is “God is my oath.” In Dutch use, Lies is a diminutive 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
In Dutch use, Lies is a diminutive of Elisabeth. One interpretation is “God is my oath.” In Dutch use, Lies is a diminutive 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
In Dutch use, Lies is a diminutive 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 Dutch usage, Lies is a diminutive of Elizabeth. In Dutch usage, Lies is a diminutive of Lisa. In Dutch use, Lies is a diminutive 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
In Dutch use, Lies is a diminutive 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.
Explained through its name family
Lies’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Lies is a diminutive of Elizabeth. In German usage, Lies has a related form in Lis. In Dutch usage, Lies is a diminutive of Lisa.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Lies
- Lies NoorIndonesian actress and model (1933–1961)
- Lies RustenburgDutch rowerborn 1990
- Lies BonnierDutch swimmer1925–2021
- Lies VisschedijkDutch actress (born 1974)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Lies, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Lemyuel
“devoted to God” · “one who belongs to God”
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Els
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
1% boys · 99% girls
Lizzy
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Bep
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
20% boys · 80% girls
Hyrem
“my brother has been exalted”
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Kaithen
“a gift from God”
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Nattey
“he has given” · “God has given”
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Hagep
“he who supplants”
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