Elisabeth

“My God is an oath; my God is abundance” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #925 in the US (2025) · 80s

Elisabeth reached its best rank, #286, in 2001 and ranked #925 in 2025. About 48,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Elisabeth's short forms are Lisa, Lilly, Liesel, and Lissy. About 1,300 girls a year are given Lilly as their full name. Elisabeth is a rare spelling of Elizabeth — about 4% of babies given the name are written this way; Elizabeth itself ranked #17 in 2025.

Around the world: #87 in Austria (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Elisabeths

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun — French portrait painter (1755–1842)
Élisabeth Borne — Prime Minister of France from 2022 to 2024
Elisabeth Shue — American actress
Elisabeth of Wied — German writer; queen consort of Romania as the wife of King Carol I (1843–1916)
Elisabeth Moss — British-American actress and producer

In stories & tradition

Elisabeth Blanctorche — The King of Fighters XI · The King of Fighters XII
Elisabeth Turhapuro — Uuno Turhapuro films
Elisabeth Gay — comics character

What Elisabeths become

Among 4,725 notable people named Elisabeth:

Medical professionals appear 2.15× more often than among typical names — e.g. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and pioneer in near-death studies (1926-2004).

Similar names: Elise · Janelle · Elissa · Simone · Lizbeth · Michaela

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