Elisabeth

Elisabeth: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“my God is an oath”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
ih-LIZ-uh-beth · 4 syllables
Used for
Girls

Traditional spelling of Elizabeth used across Europe, especially in Germanic and French contexts. It derives from Hebrew Elisheva via Greek and Latin.

How popular is Elisabeth?

202488.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Elisabeth in 2024292

2024 rank#905 girls

Peak year2001

Total US babies since 188047,756

Elisabeth is fading: recent use is about 62% of its level ten years before.

Names like Elisabeth

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Elisabeth questions

What does the name Elisabeth mean?

Elisabeth means "my God is an oath". It comes from Hebrew. Traditional spelling of Elizabeth used across Europe, especially in Germanic and French contexts. It derives from Hebrew Elisheva via Greek and Latin.

Is Elisabeth a boy or girl name?

Elisabeth is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Elisabeth?

292 US babies were named Elisabeth in 2024. Its peak year was 2001.

How do you pronounce Elisabeth?

Elisabeth is usually pronounced ih-LIZ-uh-beth.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.