Elizabeth

Where Elizabeth comes from

From Middle English Elizabeth, from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Old Testament Biblical Hebrew אלישבע (ʔĕlîšeḇaʕ, “my God is an oath”). See El and שבועה. Doublet of Elisheba and Isabel.
— Wiktionary's entry for Elizabeth
  • Hebrew
  • 4 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1533
    Elizabeth I of England born
    Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #4 among girls — 1,939 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1892
    Peak, #3
    3,461 babies named Elizabeth — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1926
    Elizabeth II born
    Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew, popular since the 16th century.
Namesakes
  • Elizabeth II · Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022, 1926–2022
  • Elizabeth I of England · Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603, 1533–1603
  • Elizabeth Taylor · British-American actress, 1932–2011
  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning · English poet, 1806–1861
  • Elizabeth I of Russia · sixth Empress of Russia from 1741 to 1762 (lived 1709-1762), 1709–1762

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.