Lizabeth

Where Lizabeth comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lizabeth.

  • Hebrew
Lizabeth through the years
  1. 1907
    First appearance
    #1,821 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1921
    Lizabeth Scott born
    American actress and singer
  3. 1952
    Lizabeth Cohen born
    American historian & academic
  4. 1958
    Peak, #717
    189 babies named Lizabeth, the most in any year.
  5. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,244.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Lizabeth Scott · American actress and singer, 1921–2015
  • Lizabeth Cohen · American historian & academic, born 1952

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.