Elisabeth

Where Elisabeth comes from

The spelling of Elizabeth used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament. Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Elisabeth
  • Hebrew
  • 4 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1843
    Elisabeth of Wied born
    German writer; queen consort of Romania as the wife of King Carol I
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #326 among girls — 24 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1963
    Elisabeth Shue born
    American actress
  4. 2001
    Peak, #286
    1,093 babies named Elisabeth — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #588.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew, a less common form of Elizabeth in English.
Namesakes
  • Elisabeth Shue · American actress, born 1963
  • Elisabeth of Wied · German writer; queen consort of Romania as the wife of King Carol I, 1843–1916
  • Elisabeth Moss · British-American actress and producer, born 1982
  • Elisabeth Kübler-Ross · Swiss-American psychiatrist and pioneer in near-death studies, 1926–2004
  • Elisabeth of Valois · Queen consort of Spain, 1545–1568

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.