Given name
Lieselotte
“free man”·“God is my oath”
In German use, Lieselotte is a diminutive of Charlotte. The older Germanic root shared with Charles means “free man.” Charlotte keeps that historical connection in a feminine form. In German use, Lieselotte is a diminutive of Elisabeth. One interpretation is “God is my oath.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Lieselotte is a diminutive of Charlotte. The older Germanic root shared with Charles means “free man.” Charlotte keeps that historical connection in a feminine form. In German use, Lieselotte is a diminutive of Elisabeth. One interpretation is “God is my oath.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Lieselotte is a diminutive of Charlotte. Charlotte belongs to English and French naming traditions and was formed as a feminine diminutive of Charles.
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How it developed
In German usage, Lieselotte is a diminutive of Charlotte. In German usage, Lieselotte is a diminutive of Elisabeth. In German use, Lieselotte is a diminutive of Charlotte. The shared background comes through Charlotte: Charlotte was formed from Charles using a feminine diminutive ending. Charlotte’s connection to the Charles family also links it to the older Germanic root behind that name.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In German use, Lieselotte is a diminutive of Charlotte. The history of Charlotte gives this family its wider story. Charlotte was used in England by the seventeenth century. Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, and the novelist Charlotte Brontë helped strengthen its presence in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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Lieselotte through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 0 boys · 25 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 749 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.
Lieselotte’s family of names
In German usage, Lieselotte is a diminutive of Charlotte. In German usage, Lieselotte has a related form in LISELOTTE. In German usage, Lieselotte is a diminutive of Elisabeth.
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Around the world
Lieselotte has relatives in 4 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Lieselotte
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