Given name
Lizabeth
“my God is bountiful”
Lizabeth is a variant of Liza. In English use, Liza carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lizabeth is a variant of Liza. In English use, Liza carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lizabeth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,619
- 0 boys · 5,619 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 189 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,716 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,716 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 33.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 189 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,901 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.
Lizabeth’s family of names
Lizabeth has a related form in Liza.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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.
People named Lizabeth
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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