Given name
Lilibet
“God is my oath”·“My God is bountiful”·“my God is bountiful”
In English use, Lilibet 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. Lilibet is a variant of Libby. In English use, Libby carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Lilibet 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. Lilibet is a variant of Libby. In English use, Libby carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Lilibet 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 English usage, Lilibet is a diminutive of Elizabeth. In English usage, Lilibet is a diminutive of Lilibeth. In English use, Lilibet 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
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Lilibet 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.
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Lilibet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 182
- 0 boys · 182 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 47
- #3,326 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 47 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,326 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 197 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.
Lilibet’s family of names
In English usage, Lilibet is a diminutive of Elizabeth. Lilibet has a related form in Libby. In English usage, Lilibet is a diminutive of Lilibeth.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Lilibet
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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