Elizabeth (given name) explained

Elizabeth
Gender:Female
Meaning:My God is an oath
Language origin:Hebrew
Alternative Spelling:Elisabeth
Language:English
Derivation:Elisheva

Elizabeth is a feminine given name, a variation of the Hebrew name (Hebrew: אֱלִישֶׁבַע), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance", as rendered in the Septuagint.

Occurrence in the Bible

"Elizabeth" appears in the Hebrew Bible as the name of Aaron's wife ("Elisheva" in the Hebrew Bible), and in the New Testament as the name of the wife of the priest Zechariah and mother of John the Baptist. It has also been the name of several saints and queens.

Statistics

The name has many variants in use across the world and has been in consistent use worldwide. Elizabeth was the tenth most popular name given to baby girls in the United States in 2007 and has been among the 25 most popular names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It is the only name that remained in the top ten US girls' names list from 1925 to 1972.[1]

In the early 21st century, Elizabeth has been among the top 50 names given to girls in the past 10 years born in England and Wales, as well Canada and Australia, and has been in the top 100 most popular names given to baby girls born in Scotland and Ireland. Elizaveta (Russian: Eлизaвeтa), a Russian form of the name, has been in the top 10 names given to baby girls born in Moscow, Russia in the past 10 years. The name is also popular in Ukraine and Belarus.

Name variants

Diminutives

First half

Middle

Second half

People with the given name

Royalty

Other aristocrats

Saints

Politicians and activists

Businesswomen

Military

Musicians

Scientists

Writers

Actresses

Artists

Sportsmen

Criminals

Others

Disambiguation lists

Fictional characters

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Study of Names: A Guide to the Principles and Topics . 1992 . Greenwood Press . Westport, Conn. . 10 . Frank Nuessel . 6 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170706075502/https://www.questia.com/read/15138768/the-study-of-names-a-guide-to-the-principles-and . dead .

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