Elisabeth

What Elisabeth means

Means “my God is an oath”

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Elisabeth” (revision 93786536), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Elisabeth?

US: Falling: down from #708 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #649 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2001, when 1,093 girls got the name (#286 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 5,700 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,675 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AL (0.66 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.47 per 1,000 girls), OK (0.41 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Elisabeth is #925 in the US and #1028 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Elisabeth were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Elizabeth6,760 US · 624 E&W
• Alizabeth22 US
• Elyzabeth8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Elizabeth

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Elisabeth

Girls

• Jenna#679Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 6,436 babies; 418 in 2025
• Jordan#584Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #262 in 2015, #584 in 2025
• Rebekah#884“enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”^*
• Samantha#151“listener”^*
• Sarah#90“masters, princes”^*
• Anna#107Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #107 in 2025

For a brother

• Ruben#480Editor’s note Down from #374 in 2015 to #480 in 2025 in the US
• Zachary#216“Yahweh has remembered”^*
• Seth#581“chosen one, appointed, placed”^*
• Andrew#73“manly”^*
• Joshua#66“to save”^*
• Jonathan#89“God has given”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Bible, Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Elisabeth’s. Rank is US 2025.