Given name
Lizzie
“God is my oath”·“My God is bountiful”·“my God is bountiful”
In English use, Lizzie is an affectionate form 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. Lizzie is a variant of Liza. In English use, Liza carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Lizzie is an affectionate form 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. Lizzie 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, Lizzie is an affectionate form 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 use, Lizzie is used as an affectionate form of Liz. In English use, Lizzie is an affectionate form 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.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Lizzie is an affectionate form 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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Lizzie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39,640
- 102 boys · 39,538 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 814 babies
- 2025
- 87
- #2,145 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +36%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 87 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,145 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 35.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 809 in 1919. In 2025, Ohio had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,411 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.
Lizzie’s family of names
In English usage, Lizzie is a diminutive of Elizabeth. Lizzie has a related form in Liza. Lizzie is an affectionate form of Elizabeth.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Lizzie
- Lizzie MagieAmerican board game designer (1866–1948)
- Lizzie BordenAmerican murder suspect (1860–1927)
- Lizzie DeignanEnglish track and road racing cyclistborn 1988
- Lizzie VelásquezAmerican motivational speakerborn 1989
- Lizzie BrocheréFrench actressborn 1985
- Lizzie DoronIsraeli writerborn 1953
- Lizzie van ZylSouth African child prisoner1894–1901
- Lizzie FletcherAmerican politician (born 1975)
- Lizzie BurnsBritish activist1827–1878
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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