Gender:
Origin:
Hebrew
2682 famous people named Elizabeth found on Wikipedia.
1638079 female, 5181 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
13-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
3-th in year 1892
Used in: Biblical, English
A female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “oath of God.”.
Elizabeth is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisabet, Modern Greek pronunciation Elisávet), which is a form of the Hebrew name Elisheva (אֱלִישֶׁבַע), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance," as rendered in the Septuagint.
Fem. proper name, Biblical name of the wife of Aaron, from Late Latin Elisabeth, from Greek Eleisabeth, Eleisabet, from Hebrew Elishebha "God is an oath," the second element said by Klein to be related to shivah (fem. sheva) "seven," and to nishba "he swore," originally "he bound himself by (the sacred number) seven." Has never ranked lower than 26th in popularity among the names given to baby girls in the U.S. in any year since 1880, the oldest for which a reliable list is available. The city in New Jersey is named for Lady Elizabeth Carteret (d.1697), wife of one of the first proprietors of the colony.
Means: oath of God, my God is a vow. Form of Isabelle.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Elizabeth II | 1926 | Queen of the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and head of the Commonwealth of Nations |
2 | Elizabeth I of England | 1533 | Queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until 1603 |
3 | Elizabeth Olsen | 1989 | American actress |
4 | Elizabeth Banks | 1974 | American actress |
5 | Elizabeth Warren | 1949 | 28th United States Senator from Massachusetts |
6 | Elizabeth Hurley | 1965 | English model and actress |
7 | Elizabeth Debicki | 1990 | Australian actress |
8 | Elizabeth Montgomery | 1933 | Actress |
9 | Elizabeth of York | 1466 | Queen of England |
10 | Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton | 1757 | Philanthropist, wife of Alexander Hamilton |
11 | Erzsébet Báthory | 1560 | Hungarian countess known for being a serial killer |
12 | Elizabeth Woodville | 1437 | Queen consort of England |
13 | Shannon Elizabeth | 1973 | Actress |
14 | Elizabeth Holmes | 1984 | American business executive |
15 | Elizabeth Berkley | 1972 | American actress |
16 | Elizabeth Gillies | 1993 | American actress, singer and dancer |
17 | Elizabeth McGovern | 1961 | American film, television, and theater actor, and musician |
18 | Miss Elizabeth | 1960 | American professional wrestling manager |
19 | Elizabeth Smart | 1987 | American activist |
20 | Elizabeth Rodriguez | 1980 | American actress |
21 | Elizabeth Trump | 1880 | German-American businesswoman |
22 | Elizabeth Perkins | 1960 | Actress |
23 | Elizabeth Peña | 1959 | American actress and director |
24 | Elizabeth Daily | 1961 | Voice actress, actress, singer, songwriter, musician |
25 | Elizabeth Henstridge | 1987 | English actress |
26 | Elizabeth Reaser | 1975 | American actress |
27 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton | 1815 | Suffragist and Women's Rights activist |
28 | Elizabeth Gilbert | 1969 | American writer |
29 | Elizabeth Marvel | 1969 | American actress |
30 | Elizabeth Vargas | 1962 | US female television journalist |
31 | Elizabeth Swann | Fictional character | |
32 | Elizabeth of Russia | 1709 | Empress of Russia |
33 | Elizabeth Jagger | 1984 | English model and actress |
34 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | 1806 | English poet, author |
35 | Elizabeth Dole | 1936 | U.S. Senator and Secretary of Transportation |
36 | Elizabeth Truss | 1975 | British Conservative Party politician |
37 | Elizabeth Arden | 1878 | Canadian American businesswoman |
38 | Elizabeth Ashley | 1939 | American actress |
39 | Elizabeth Blackwell | 1821 | England-born American physician, abolitionist, women's rights activist |
40 | Elizabeth Gutiérrez | 1979 | American actress |
41 | Elizabeth Bennet | Pride and Prejudice character | |
42 | Elizabeth Blount | 1500 | Mistress of Henry VIII |
43 | Elizabeth Hartman | 1943 | Actress |
44 | Elizabeth Fraser | 1963 | Scottish singer |
45 | Elizabeth Bracco | 1957 | American actress |
46 | Elizabeth Gaskell | 1810 | Novelist |
47 | Elizabeth Bishop | 1911 | American poet |
48 | Elizabeth Ann Seton | 1774 | First native-born American saint of the Roman Catholic Church |
49 | Elizabeth Berridge | 1962 | American film and theatre actress |
50 | Elizabeth Edwards | 1949 | Deceased wife of John Edwards |
51 | Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia | 1596 | Czech queen |
52 | Elizabeth Stride | 1843 | Whitechapel murder victim |
53 | Elizabeth Blackmore | 1987 | Australian actress |
54 | Elizabeth May | 1954 | Canadian politician |
55 | Elizabeth Freeman | 1742 | American former slave and abolitionist |
56 | Elizabeth Lail | 1992 | Actress |
57 | Elizabeth Fry | 1780 | Social reformer from England |
58 | Elizabeth Haysom | 1964 | American murderer |
59 | Elizabeth Raleigh | 1565 | English lady-in-waiting |
60 | Elizabeth Dennehy | 1960 | American actress |
61 | Elizabeth | Mother of John the Baptist and the wife of Zacharias/Zachary, according to the Gospel of Luke | |
62 | Elizabeth Garrett Anderson | 1836 | English physician and feminist |
63 | Elizabeth LeCompte | 1944 | American director of theater, dance and media |
64 | Elizabeth Gracen | 1961 | American actress |
65 | Elizabeth Tudor | 1492 | Princess |
66 | Elizabeth Eckford | 1941 | Part of the Little Rock Nine |
67 | Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire | 1480 | English noble |
68 | Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire | 1759 | Duchess of Devonshire |
69 | Elizabeth Loftus | 1944 | American cognative psychologist |
70 | Elizabeth Ann Blaesing | 1919 | Illegitimate daughter of an American President |
71 | Elizabeth Wilson | 1921 | Actress |
72 | Elizabeth Alda | 1960 | American actress |
73 | Elizabeth Glaser | 1947 | |
74 | Elizabeth Rees-Williams | 1936 | British socialite |
75 | Elizabeth Colbert Busch | 1954 | American businesswoman |
76 | Elizabeth Catlett | 1915 | American-born Mexican sculptor and printmaker |
77 | Elizabeth Webber | ||
78 | Elizabeth Eden | 1946 | American trans woman |
79 | Elizabeth Strout | 1956 | American writer |
80 | Elizabeth George | 1949 | American woman mystery and thriller writer |
81 | Elizabeth Keener | 1966 | American actress |
82 | Elizabeth Hendrickson | 1979 | American actress |
83 | Elizabeth Barnard | 1608 | Granddaughter of William Shakespeare |
84 | Elizabeth Allen | 1929 | American actress |
85 | Elizabeth Blackburn | 1948 | Australian-born American biological researcher |
86 | Elizabeth of Hungary | 1207 | Christian saint |
87 | Elizabeth Bacon Custer | 1842 | Wife of General Custer, journalist, memoirist |
88 | Elizabeth Holloway Marston | 1893 | Psychologist |
89 | Elizabeth Vernaci | 1961 | Argentinian announcer |
90 | Elizabeth Carling | 1967 | English actress |
91 | Elizabeth Siddal | 1829 | Pre-Raphaelite model, poet and artist |
92 | Elizabeth Meriwether | 1981 | Playwright, screenwriter, television producer and writer |
93 | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | American film director | |
94 | Elizabeth Dawn | 1939 | British actress |
95 | Elizabeth Berrington | 1970 | English actress |
96 | Elizabeth Rockefeller Strong | 1866 | Eldest daughter of JDR |
97 | Elizabeth Jane Gardner | 1837 | Figure painter and wife of William-Adolphe Bouguereau |
98 | Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk | 1444 | English noblewoman |
99 | Elizabeth Keen | ||
100 | Elizabeth Estensen | 1949 | British actress |
101 | Elizabeth Inglis | 1913 | British actress |
102 | Elizabeth MacRae | 1936 | American actress |
103 | Elizabeth Abellana Zimmerman | 1948 | |
104 | Elizabeth Wurtzel | 1967 | American author and journalist |
105 | Elizabeth Kenny | 1880 | Australian nurse |
106 | Elizabeth Corday | ||
107 | Elizabeth Prann | 1985 | American journalist |
108 | Elizabeth Cotten | 1893 | American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter |
109 | Elizabeth Kucinich | 1977 | Animal rights activist from the USA |
110 | Elizabeth Thompson | 1846 | British artist |
111 | Elizabeth Keckley | 1818 | American writer |
112 | Elizabeth Jane Howard | 1923 | Writer |
113 | Elizabeth Cook | 1972 | American singer |
114 | Elizabeth Proctor | 1652 | Alleged American witch |
115 | Elizabeth Tan | 1986 | British actress |
116 | Elizabeth Spriggs | 1929 | British actress |
117 | Elizabeth Ramsey | 1931 | Filipina stand-up comedienne, singer and actress |
118 | Elizabeth Weir | Stargate | |
119 | Elizabeth Key Grinstead | 1630 | American slave |
120 | Elizabeth Monroe | 1768 | American politician |
121 | Elizabeth McLaughlin | 1993 | American actress |
122 | Elizabeth Avellán | 1960 | Venezuelan-American film producer |
123 | Elizabeth Bowen | 1899 | Irish writer |
124 | Elizabeth Garrett | 1963 | USC Provost and American legal scholar |
125 | Elizabeth Álvarez | 1977 | Actress |
126 | Elizabeth Green the Stork Woman | Sideshow performer | |
127 | Elizabeth Bogush | 1977 | American actress |
128 | Elizabeth Barton | 1506 | English Catholic nun and martyr |
129 | Elizabeth Day | 1978 | |
130 | Elizabeth Whitcraft | 1961 | American actress |
131 | Elizabeth Beisel | 1992 | American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion |
132 | Elizabeth Bentley | 1908 | American spy for the USSR |
133 | Elizabeth Susan Koshy | ||
134 | Elizabeth Lavenza | ||
135 | Elizabeth Holtzman | 1941 | American congresswoman for New York |
136 | Elizabeth Baur | 1947 | Actress |
137 | G. E. M. Anscombe | 1919 | British analytic philosopher |
138 | Elizabeth Phillips | 1986 | |
139 | Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine | 1652 | German princess; wife of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans |
140 | Elizabeth Norment | 1952 | American actress |
141 | Elizabeth Patterson | 1874 | Actress |
142 | Elizabeth Spiers | 1976 | American journalist |
143 | Elizabeth Clare Prophet | 1939 | American religious leader |
144 | Elizabeth Medora Leigh | 1814 | Byron Family |
145 | Elizabeth Rice | 1985 | American actress |
146 | Elizabeth Alexeievna | 1779 | Russian emperor |
147 | Elizabeth David | 1913 | British cookery writer |
148 | Elizabeth Dupeyrón | 1953 | Mexican television actor, actor and film actor |
149 | Elizabeth Kolbert | 1961 | Journalist and author |
150 | Elizabeth Van Lew | 1818 | American civil war spy |
151 | Elizabeth Moon | 1945 | American writer |
152 | Elizabeth Jhin | 1949 | Brazilian writer |
153 | Elizabeth Falkner | 1966 | American Television chef |
154 | Elizabeth McCord | ||
155 | Elizabeth Fritzl | 1966 | |
156 | Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss | 1933 | English judge |
157 | Elizabeth Anne Allen | 1970 | American actress |
158 | Elizabeth Franz | 1941 | American actress |
159 | Elizabeth Wyckes | 1489 | Wife of Thomas Cromwell |
160 | Elizabeth Olivet | Character in the TV series Law & Order | |
161 | Elizabeth von Arnim | 1866 | Australian writer |
162 | Elizabeth Bolden | 1890 | American supercentenarian |
163 | Elizabeth Shepherd | 1936 | British actress |
164 | Elizabeth Koch | 1976 | |
165 | Elizabeth De Razzo | 1980 | Actress |
166 | Elizabeth Sinclair | 1800 | British farmer and plantation owner in New Zealand and Hawaii, |
167 | Elizabeth Gurley Flynn | 1890 | American politician |
168 | Elizabeth Jennings Graham | 1827 | American activist |
169 | Elizabeth Hubbard | 1933 | American actress |
170 | Elizabeth Taylor | 1912 | British novelist |
171 | Elizabeth Dilling | 1894 | American activist |
172 | Elizabeth Jennings | 1926 | Poet |
173 | Elizabeth Swados | 1951 | American composer |
174 | Elizabeth Dowdeswell | 1944 | Canadian Lieutenant Governor |
175 | Elizabeth de Burgh | 1289 | Scottish royal consort |
176 | Elizabeth of Aragon | 1271 | Queen consort of Portugal |
177 | Elizabeth Esty | 1959 | American politician |
178 | Elizabeth Webster | British actress | |
179 | Elizabeth Kostova | 1964 | American writer |
180 | Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne | 1750 | Viscountess Melbourne |
181 | Elizabeth of Rhuddlan | 1282 | English princess, born in Wales |
182 | Elizabeth Alexander | 1962 | Poet |
183 | Elizabeth Wolfgramm | 1972 | American singer |
184 | Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte | 1785 | Wife of Jérôme Bonaparte |
185 | Elizabeth Ann Duncan | 1904 | American murderer |
186 | Elizabeth Goudge | 1900 | English fiction writer |
187 | Elizabeth Power | British actress | |
188 | Elizabeth Hoffman | 1927 | American actress |
189 | Elizabeth Ann Roberts | 1941 | Model, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the January 1958 |
190 | Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell | 1518 | English noblewoman |
191 | Elizabeth Wakefield | ||
192 | Elizabeth Emanuel | 1953 | British fashion designer |
193 | Elizabeth Bear | 1971 | American novelist |
194 | Elizabeth Hawthorne | 1947 | New Zealand actress |
195 | Elizabeth Zimmermann | 1910 | Knitter |
196 | Elizabeth Chambers | 1982 | American television personality |
197 | Elizabeth T. Spira | 1942 | Austrian television presenter |
198 | Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter | 1364 | English noblewoman |
199 | Elizabeth Allan | 1910 | Actress |
200 | Elizabeth Sellars | 1923 | Actress |