Lizabeth

Where Lizabeth comes from

The dictionaries list Lizabeth as a given name — a female given name from Hebrew — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1907
    First appearance
    #1,821 among girls, 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.