Lisbeth

Where Lisbeth comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lisbeth.

Lisbeth through the years
  1. 1911
    First appearance
    #1,956 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1917
    Lisbeth Movin born
    Danish actress and film director
  3. 1948
    Lisbeth Korsmo born
    Norwegian speed skater and bicycle racer
  4. 2002
    Peak, #624
    409 babies named Lisbeth, the most in any year.
  5. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,340.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Lisbeth Korsmo · Norwegian speed skater and bicycle racer, 1948–2017
  • Lisbeth Movin · Danish actress and film director, 1917–2011
  • Lisbeth Zwerger · Austrian illustrator, born 1954
  • Lisbeth Berg-Hansen · Norwegian politician, born 1963
  • Lisbeth Bech Poulsen · Danish politician, born 1982

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.