Lizbeth

Where Lizbeth comes from

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

  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1924
    First appearance
    #4,434 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1981
    Lizbeth Gamboa Song born
    Mexican politician and lawyer
  3. 1996
    Lizbeth Salazar born
    cyclist
  4. 2002
    Peak, #133
    2,569 babies named Lizbeth — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #277.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Elizabeth.
Namesakes
  • Lizbeth Salazar · cyclist, born 1996
  • Lizbeth Gamboa Song · Mexican politician and lawyer, born 1981
  • Lizbeth Benacquisto · Republican politician, born 1967
  • Lizbeth von Barnekow · badminton player, born 1943
  • Lizbeth MacKay · American actress, born 1949

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.