Elisabeth - Meaning of Elisabeth

What does Elisabeth mean?

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Elisabeth

[ 4 syll. e-li-sa-bet(h), el-isabe-th ] The baby girl name Elisabeth is pronounced in English as ih-LIHZ-ah-Bah-TH or in German as eh-LIY-Zaa-BehT †. Elisabeth is of Hebrew origin, and it is used mainly in Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, and Scandinavian. Elisabeth is a spelling variant of the English, Greek, and Hebrew Elizabeth.

The shortenings Elisa (English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Els (Dutch), Elsa (English, Finnish, German, Scandinavian, and Scottish), Elsbeth (German), Else (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Élise (French), Ilse (Dutch and German), Lies (Dutch and German), Liesa (German), Liesbeth (Dutch, English, and German), Liese (Dutch and German), Lisa (Albanian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Scandinavian), Lisbeth (English and German), and Lise (English, French, German, and Scandinavian), and the diminutive forms Elli (German), Elly (Dutch), Elsi (English, German, and Spanish), Lieschen (German), Liesel (German), Lili (German), Lilli (German), Lilly (English), Lisette (English, French, and German), Liska (Scandinavian), Lysette (French), Sissi (German), and Sissy (German) are variants of the name.

See also the related categories, english, greek, hebrew, dutch, french, scandinavian, and german.

Elisabeth is an all-time favorite. At present it is still somewhat popular as a baby name for girls, though it was in more widespread use in the past. The name grew in popularity from the 1940s up to the 2000s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2001 with 0.055% of baby girls being named Elisabeth. It ranked at #286 then. The baby name has since experienced a drop in frequency. In 2018, it ranked at #789 with a usage of 0.019%. Among the group of girl names directly related to Elisabeth, Elizabeth was the most commonly used. It was used 25 times more than Elisabeth in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Elisabeth include Eliisabet, Elisabete, Elizabeth, Elisabet, Elisabethe, Elisabith, Elisavet, Elishafat, Elishaphat, Elizabith, Elysabeth, Elyshafat, Elyshaphat, Elzbieta, Elisabeta, Elisabetta, Elizbeth, Elsabeth, Elsbet, and Elsbeth.

† Pronunciation for Elisabeth: IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"

A famous person named Elisabeth is Actress Elisabeth Harnois, born 15 May 1979, Detroit, Michigan.