Given name
Lizbeth
“God is my oath”·“My God is bountiful”·“my God is bountiful”
In English use, Lizbeth has a related form in 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. Lizbeth is a variant of Liza. In English use, Liza carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Lizbeth has a related form in 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. Lizbeth is a variant of Liza. In English use, Liza carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Lizbeth has a related form in 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 use, Lizbeth has a related form in 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.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Lizbeth has a related form in 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Lizbeth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25,949
- 31 boys · 25,918 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 2,580 babies
- 2025
- 171
- #1,305 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 171 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,305 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 19.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,569 in 2002. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (56). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 27,147 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.
Lizbeth’s family of names
In English usage, Lizbeth has a related form in Elizabeth. Lizbeth has a related form in Liza.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Lizbeth
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Lizbeth, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Elisabeth
“God is my oath”
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Lizzy
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Elizabet
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Elise
“my God is bountiful” · “God is my oath”
>99% girls
Betsi
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Elspeth
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Elisa
“my God is bountiful” · “God is my oath”
>99% girls