Given name
Lisbeth
“my God is bountiful”·“God is my oath”
Lisbeth is a variant of Lisa. In English use, Lisa carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.” In German use, Lisbeth is a variant of Elisabeth. One interpretation is “God is my oath.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lisbeth is a variant of Lisa. In English use, Lisa carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.” In German use, Lisbeth is a variant of Elisabeth. One interpretation is “God is my oath.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lisbeth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,934
- 0 boys · 5,934 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 409 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #5,331 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,331 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 23.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 409 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,040 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.
Lisbeth’s family of names
In French usage, Lisbeth has a diminutive in Bette. Lisbeth has a related form in Lisa. In German usage, Lisbeth has a related form in Elisabeth.
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Around the world
Lisbeth has relatives in 5 languages.
9 related names in 5 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.
- Elisabethvariant · German
- Lisavariant
- Bettediminutive · French
- Lissbethvariant · Norwegian
- Lisabethvariant · Norwegian
- Lisbetvariant · Swedish
- Lisebethvariant · Norwegian
- Lisabetvariant · Norwegian
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Lisbeth
- Libby TrickettAustralian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, world record-holderborn 1985
- Lisbeth PalmeSwedish children's psychologist, married to Olof Palme between 1956–1986 (1931–2018)
- Lisbeth KorsmoNorwegian speed skater and bicycle racer (1948–2017)
- Lisbeth MovinDanish actress and film director (1917–2011)
- Lisbeth Bech-NielsenDanish politicianborn 1982
- Lisbeth Berg-HansenNorwegian politicianborn 1963
- Lisbeth ZwergerAustrian illustratorborn 1954
- Lisbeth Grönfeldt BergmanSwedish politicianborn 1948
- Lisbeth L. PetersenFaroese politician (1939–2024)
Characters named Lisbeth: Lisbeth Salander (Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy).
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