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Elizabeth is a feminine given name, a variation of the
Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
name (), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance", as rendered in the
Septuagint The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond ...
.


Occurrence in the Bible

"Elizabeth" appears in the
Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
'' Aaron's wife ("
Elisheva Elisheba (; ) was the wife of the Israelite prophet Aaron, who was the elder brother of Moses and the first High Priest of Israel, according to the Hebrew Bible. She was said to be a daughter of Amminadab from the Tribe of Judah, and a sister ...
" in the
Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
'' New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Chri ...
as the name of the
wife A wife (plural, : wives) is a female in a marital relationship. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until the marriage is legally Dissolution (law), dissolved with a divorce judgement. On the death of her partner, ...
of the priest Zechariah and mother of
John the Baptist John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...
. It has also been the name of several saints and queens.


Statistics

The name has many variants in use across the world and has been in consistent use worldwide. 'Elizabeth' was the tenth most popular name given to baby girls in the United States in 2007 and has been among the 25 most popular names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It is the only name that remained in the top ten US girls' names list from 1925 to 1972. In the early 21st century, 'Elizabeth' has been among the top 50 names given to girls in the past 10 years born in
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
and
Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
, as well
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
and Australia, and has been in the top 100 most popular names given to baby girls born in Scotland and Ireland. 'Elizaveta' (), a Russian form of the name, has been in the top 10 names given to baby girls born in Moscow, Russia in the past 10 years. The name is also popular in Ukraine and Belarus.


Name variants


Full name

* (Albanian language, Albanian) * () (Arabic language, Arabic) * (Tongan language, Tongan) * (Māori language, Māori) * () (Shesan language, Shesan) * Aelswith, Aelswithia, Elesabeth, Elyzabeth (English language, English) * () (Coptic language, Coptic) * , (Czech language, Czech) * (Slovak language, Slovak) * (Scottish Gaelic) * (Manx language, Manx) * (Breton language, Breton) * (Portuguese language, Portuguese) * , (Estonian language, Estonian) * (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian) * (Turkish language, Turkish) *Elizabeti (Swahili) * Elisabet (Catalan language, Catalan), (Danish language, Danish), (Finnish language, Finnish), (German language, German), (Spanish language, Spanish), (Swedish language, Swedish) * (Icelandic language, Icelandic) * (Romanian language, Romanian) * , (French language, French) * Elisabeth (Catalan language, Catalan), (Danish language, Danish), (Dutch language, Dutch), (German language, German), (Norwegian language, Norwegian), (Swedish language, Swedish) * (Esperanto) * (Italian language, Italian) * (), () (Greek language, Greek) * () (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian) * () (Belarusian language, Belarusian) * () (Hebrew) * (Basque language, Basque) * Elizabeta (Albanian language, Albanian), (Croatian language, Croatian), (Bosnian language, Bosnian), (Slovene language, Slovene) * Elizabete (Basque language, Basque), (Latvian language, Latvian) * () (Korean language, Korean) * (Malayalam) * (Danish language, Danish) * Elsbeth (Dutch language, Dutch), (German language, German), (Scots language, Scots), (Swiss language, Swiss German) * (Scots language, Scots) * (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese) * (), (Serbian language, Serbian), (Macedonian language, Macedonian) * ( (or ), , (Russian language, Russian) * ( (or ), (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian) * (Lithuanian language, Lithuanian) * (Polish language, Polish) * () (Japanese language, Japanese) * (Hungarian language, Hungarian) * Isabella (Italian language, Italian), (Dutch language, Dutch) * Isabelle (French language, French), (Dutch language, Dutch) * Isabel (Spanish language, Spanish), (Dutch language, Dutch) * (), () (Armenian language, Armenian) * (Mandarin Chinese, Chinese Simplified) * (Chinese language, Chinese Traditional) * () (Bengali language, Bengali) * () (Gujarati language, Gujarati) * () (Hindi) * () (Kannada) * () (Marathi language, Marathi) * () (Mongolian language, Mongolian) * () (Nepali language, Nepali) * (Persian language, Persian) * () (Punjabi language, Punjabi) * () (Tamil language, Tamil) * () (Telugu language, Telugu) * () (Thai language, Thai) * (Urdu) * () (Yiddish)


Diminutives

* (Spanish language, Spanish) * (Hungarian language, Hungarian) * (French language, French) * Isabel (Catalan language, Catalan), (English language, English), (Norwegian language, Norwegian), (Portuguese language, Portuguese), (Spanish language, Spanish), (French language, French) * Isabela (Spanish language, Spanish), (Portuguese language, Portuguese) * Isabell (English language, English), (German language, German), (Norwegian language, Norwegian) * Isabella (Dutch language, Dutch), (English language, English), (Italian language, Italian), (Norwegian language, Norwegian), (Polish language, Polish), (Spanish language, Spanish), (Swedish language, Swedish) * Isabelle (English language, English), (French language, French), (German language, German) * (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese) * (Manx language, Manx) * Isbel, Isebella, Izabelle, Lisabeth, Lizabeth, Sabella, Sissy (English language, English) * (Scottish Gaelic) * (Scots language, Scots) * (Irish language, Irish) * Izabel (Portuguese language, Portuguese (archaic)), (Spanish language, Spanish), (Polish language, Polish) * Izabela (Czech language, Czech), (Polish language, Polish) * Izabella (Hungarian language, Hungarian), (Polish language, Polish) *Lettie (Greek), (Latin) * (Dutch language, Dutch) * (Italian language, Italian) * (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian) * Lisbet (Danish language, Danish), (Norwegian language, Norwegian), (Swedish language, Swedish) * Lisbeth (German language, German), (Norwegian language, Norwegian), (Danish language, Danish) * (Spanish language, Spanish, chiefly Latin American) * (Galician language, Galician) * (Slovene language, Slovene) * (Armenian language, Armenian) * () (Greek language, Greek) * () (Serbian language, Serbian) * () (Russian language, Russian), (Serbian language, Serbian) * () (Georgian language, Georgian)


First half

* (Danish language, Danish) * (Malayalam) * (Portuguese language, Portuguese) * (Manx language, Manx) * (Irish language) * (Polish language, Polish) * (Afrikaans language, Afrikaans) * (Norwegian language, Norwegian) * Elly (English), (Dutch) * Eli (Catalan language, Catalan), (English language, English), (Spanish language, Spanish) * (Malayalam) * (Finnish language, Finnish) * (German language, German) * Elisa (Finnish language, Finnish), (Italian language, Italian), (Norwegian language, Norwegian), (Spanish language, Spanish), (Portuguese language, Portuguese) * (French language, French) * Eliška (Czech language, Czech) and (Slovak language, Slovak) * (Bulgarian) * (Georgian language, Georgian) * Elissa (English language, English), (Norwegian language, Norwegian) * Eliza (Albanian language, Albanian), (English language, English), (Polish language, Polish) * Elka (Albanian language, Albanian), (Polish language, Polish) * Ellee, Elsie, Elyse, Leesa, Lizzy, Liz, Lysette (English language, English) * Elli (Finnish language, Finnish), (German language, German) * Ellie (Origin unknown) * (Dutch language, Dutch) * Elsa (Catalan language, Catalan), (Dutch language, Dutch), (Finnish language, Finnish), (German language, German), (Italian language, Italian), (Norwegian language, Norwegian), (Portuguese language, Portuguese), (Spanish language, Spanish), (Swedish language, Swedish) * Else (Danish language, Danish), (German language, German), (Norwegian language, Norwegian) * (Estonian language, Estonian) * (Hebrew) * Elzė (Lithuanian language, Lithuanian) * (Hungarian language, Hungarian) * (German language, German) * Ilse (Dutch language, Dutch), (German language, German) * Isa (Spanish language, Spanish), (Portuguese language, Portuguese) * (Spanish language, Spanish) * Izzie (English language, English) * Izzy (English language, English), (Norwegian language, Norwegian) * (Serbian language, Serbian) * Lies (Dutch language, Dutch), (German language, German) * Lieselotte (German language, German), (Swedish language, Swedish) * Liisa, Liisi, (Estonian language, Estonian), (Finnish language, Finnish) * Lila (mostly for kids) (Catalan language, Catalan), (Polish language, Polish) * Lili (French language, French), (Polish language, Polish) * (Indonesian language, Indonesian) * Lis (given name), Lis (Danish language, Danish), (English language, English), (Norwegian language, Norwegian), (Swedish language, Swedish) * Lisa (Catalan language, Catalan), (Danish language, Danish), (English language, English), (German language, German), (Italian language, Italian), (Norwegian language, Norwegian), (Swedish language, Swedish), (Portuguese language, Portuguese), (Spanish language, Spanish), (Polish language, Polish), (Welsh language, Welsh) * Lisanne (Dutch language, Dutch), (English language, English), (Norwegian language, Norwegian) * Lise (French language, French), (Norwegian language, Norwegian) * Liselotte (Danish language, Danish), (German language, German), (Norwegian language, Norwegian) * (Swedish language, Swedish) * Liza (English language, English), (Polish language, Polish), (Russian language, Russian), (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian) * (Latvian language, Latvian) * Lizzie (English language, English), (Norwegian language, Norwegian)


Middle

* (French language, French) * Ibbie, Issy, Libby, Liddy (English language, English) * (archaic, rural areas) (Catalan Language, Catalan) * (German language, German)


Second half

* (Scottish Gaelic) * (Catalan language, Catalan) * (Spanish language, Spanish) * (Italian language, Italian) * Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Betsey, Bette, Bettie, Betty, Bettye, Bitsy, Buffy, Zabeth (English language, English) * (Czech language, Czech) * (Welsh language, Welsh) * (Slovak language, Slovak) * (Italian language, Italian) * (German language, German) * Bettina (German language, German), (Italian language, Italian) * (Estonian language, Estonian)


People with the given name


Empresses regnant

* Elizabeth of Russia (1709–1762)


Empresses consort

* Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691–1750), consort of Emperor Charles VI * Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden) (1779–1826), wife of Tsar Alexander I of Russia * Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837–1898), wife of Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I, also known as Empress Elisabeth or "Sisi" * Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900–2002), wife of the King-Emperor George VI of the United Kingdom * Empress Wanrong (1906–1946), last Empress of China, also known as Elizabeth, the English name her tutor gave her


Queens regnant

* Elizabeth I (1533–1603), queen of England and Ireland * Elizabeth II (1926–2022), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis


Queens consort

* Elisabeth of Swabia (1203–1235), also known as Beatrice of Swabia, queen consort of Castile and León * Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (), queen consort of Germany, Jerusalem and Sicily * Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1230–1266), queen consort of Germany * Elizabeth the Cuman (1239/1240–1290), queen consort and regent of Hungary * Elizabeth of Hungary, Queen of Serbia (1255–1313), queen consort of Serbia * Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary (1261–1303), queen consort of Hungary * Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (), queen consort of Germany * Elizabeth of Aragon (1271–1336), queen consort, queen dowager and queen mother of Portugal, also known as Saint Elizabeth of Portugal * Elisabeth Richeza of Poland (1286–1335), queen consort of Bohemia and Poland * Elizabeth de Burgh (1289–1327), queen consort of Scotland * Elisabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330), queen consort of Bohemia * Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Sicily (1298–1352), queen consort and regent of Sicily * Elizabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg (), junior queen consort of Denmark, wife of Eric Christoffersen * Elizabeth of Poland, Queen of Hungary (1305–1380), queen consort of Hungary, regent of Poland * Elizabeth of Bosnia (), queen of Hungary and Poland * Elizabeth of Pomerania (1347–1393), queen consort and queen dowager of the Romans, Bohemia, Italy and Burgundy * Elisabeth of Nuremberg (1358–1411), queen consort of the Romans * Isabeau of Bavaria (), also known as Elisabeth of Bavaria-Ingolstadt, queen consort of France * Elizabeth Granowska (), queen consort of Poland * Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409–1442), queen consort of the Romans, Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia * Elisabeth of Habsburg (1436–1505), queen consort, queen dowager and queen mother of Poland * Elizabeth Woodville (), queen consort of Edward IV * Elizabeth of York (1466–1503), queen consort of King Henry VII of England * Elizabeth of Austria (1526–1545), queen consort of Poland * Elisabeth of Valois (1545-1568), queen consort of Spain * Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (1554–1592), queen consort of France * Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596–1662), daughter of James VI and I of Scotland and England, the "Winter Queen" of Bohemia * Elisabeth of France (1602–1644), queen consort of Spain and Portugal * Elisabeth Farnese (1692–1766), queen consort, queen dowager and queen mother of Spain * Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (1711–1741), queen consort of Sardinia, Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia * Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715–1797), queen consort and queen dowager of Prussia * Kaʻahumanu (), also known as Elizabeth Kaʻahumanu, queen consort and queen regent of Hawaiʻi * Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801–1873), queen consort of Prussia * Kīnaʻu (), also known as Elizabeth Kīnaʻu, queen consort, queen regent and dowager queen of Hawaiʻi * Elisabeth of Bavaria (1837–1898), queen consort of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia * Elisabeth of Wied (1843–1916), queen consort and queen dowager of Romania * Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876–1965), wife of King Albert I of Belgium * Elisabeth of Romania (1894–1956), queen consort of King George II of Greece * Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900–2002), queen consort, queen dowager and queen mother of the United Kingdom


Princesses

* Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618–1680), Bohemian princess and philosopher * Princess Élisabeth of France (Élisabeth Philippine Marie Hélène; 1764–1794), sister of Louis XVI of France, also known as Madame Élisabeth * Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770–1840), daughter of George III * Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864–1918) (1864–1918), Russian grand duchess and Orthodox martyr, wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia and granddaughter of Queen Victoria * Elizabeth Bagration (1880–1915), Georgian royal princess * Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark (1904–1955), later Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach, the middle daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia * Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (born 1935) * Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia (born 1936) * Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant (born 2001), oldest child and heiress apparent of Philippe, King of the Belgians


Other aristocrats

* Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter (1363–1426), younger daughter and second surviving child of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Blanche of Lancaster * Elisabeth von Matsch, (1380s—around 1439), last countess of Toggenburg * Elizabeth Báthory (1560–1614), niece of the Polish King Stephen Báthory; Hungarian countess and murderer


Saints

* Elizabeth (biblical figure), Elizabeth (1st century BC), the mother of John the Baptist * Elisabeth of Schönau (1129–1164), a German Benedictine visionary * Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231), the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary * Elizabeth of Aragon or Elizabeth of Portugal (1271–1336), Queen consort of Portugal * Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821), the first canonized "American" saint * Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864–1918), Eastern Orthodox saint and wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia * Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880–1906), French Carmelite nun


Others

* Elizabeth Andrews (1882–1960), first woman organiser of the Labour Party in Wales * Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq (1916–2003), Canadian Inuk textile artist * Elizabeth Arden (1881–1966), American businesswoman * Elizabeth Mary Aslin (1923–1989), English art historian, administrator, author and lecturer * Elizabeth Banks (born 1974), American actress * Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), Victorian era poet * Elizabeth Beckley (), British astronomical photographer * Élisabeth Bergeron (1851–1936), Canadian Venerable religious servant * Lady Elizabeth Philippa Biddulph (1834-1916), English humanitarian, temperance leader; Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria * Elizabeth Blackadder (1931–2021), Scottish painter and printmaker * Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910), the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States * Elizabeth Baker Bohan (1849–1930), British-born American author, journalist, artist, social reformer * Marie Linde, Elizabeth Joanna Bosman (1894–1963), South African author, first Afrikaner novelist published in English * Elizabeth Bowen Thompson (1812/1813–1869), British missionary who founded of the British Syrian Schools * Elizabeth Bruenig (born 1990), American writer and opinion columnist for ''The New York Times'' * Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902), American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement * Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806), English poet, classicist, writer, translator, linguist, polymath * Elisabeth Cavazza (1849–1926), American author, journalist, music critic * Elizabeth Williams Champney (1850–1922), American writer * Elizabeth Marney Conner (1856–?), American dramatic reader, educator, author * Elizabeth Craig-McFeely (born 1927), British Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service * Elizabeth Cromwell (1598–1665), the wife of Oliver Cromwell and Her Highness the Lady Protector * Elizabeth Litchfield Cunnyngham (1831-1911), American missionary and church worker * Elizabeth Daily (born 1961), American actress and singer * Elizabeth Otis Dannelly (1838–1896), American poet * Elizabeth David (1913–1992), British cookery writer * Elizabeth Debicki (born 1990), Australian actress * Elizabeth Jessup Eames (1813–1856), American writer * Elisabeth Ebeling (1946–2020), German film and stage actress * Elizabeth Edwards (1949–2010), American attorney, a best-selling author and a health care activist * Elisabeth Erke (born 1962), Norwegian Sami educator and politician * Elizabeth Hawley Everett (1857-1940), American clubwoman, suffragist, author, magazine founder/editor, school principal, superindent of schools * Elizabeth Sterling Haynes (1897–1957), Canadian theatre activist * Elizabeth Filippouli, Greek journalist-turned-entrepreneur, founder of the international non-profit think tank Global Thinkers Forum * Elizabeth Fraser (born 1963), Scottish singer * Elizabeth Fry (1780–1845), English prison reformer * Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865), British novelist and short story writer * Elizabeth Gillies (born 1993), American Broadway actress * Elizabeth Ayton Godwin (1817–1889), English hymnwriter, religious poet * Elizabeth Putnam Gordon (1851–1933), American temperance advocate, author * Elizabeth Greenhill (bookbinder), (1907–2006), English bookbinder * Elizabeth Greenwood (1873–1961), New Zealand photographer *Elisabeth Griffith, American historian, educator, and activist * Elizabeth Haigh (born 1988), Singaporean chef * Elizabeth Amherst Hale (1774–1826), Canadian Watercolor Artist * Lzzy Hale, Elizabeth Mae "Lzzy" Hale (born 1983), American musician, singer, songwriter. Lead singer and rhythm guitarist for Halestorm * Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757–1854), American philanthropist and wife of Founding Fathers of the United States, United States founding father Alexander Hamilton * Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1843–1925), American author, lecturer, reformer philanthropist * Elizabeth Harrower (disambiguation), several people * Elizabeth Haselwood (), English silversmith * Elisabeth Hasselbeck (born 1977), American actress * Elizabeth Henstridge (born 1987), English actress, model, and director. * Elizabeth Hoare (1915–2001), English church furnisher and actress * Elizabeth Holmes (born 1984), American fraudster who founded Theranos * Elizabeth Hulette aka Miss Elizabeth (1960–2003), professional wrestling manager * Elizabeth Hughes Gossett (1907–1981), daughter of American politician Charles Evans Hughes * Elizabeth Hurley (born 1965), British actress and model * Elizabeth Jaranyi (1918–1998), Holocaust survivor and writer * Elisabeth Jastrow (1890–1981), German-born classical archaeologist * Elisabetta Keller (1891–1969), Swiss-Italian artist * Elizabeth Kelly (born 1921), British actress * Ellie Kemper, Elizabeth "Ellie" Kemper (born 1980), American actress and comedian * Elizabeth Kenny (1880–1952), Australian nurse * Elizabeth Lail (born 1992), American actress * Elizabeth Lambert, American writer of romance * Elizabeth Lazebnik, Latvian Canadian filmmaker * Betty Washington Lewis, Elizabeth "Betty" Washington Lewis (1733–1797), sister of George Washington * Elizabeth A. Lynn (born 1946), American writer most known for fantasy and to a lesser extent science fiction * Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864-1922), Canadian writer, suffragist * Elisabeth MacIntyre, (1916–2004), Australian writer and illustrator * Elizabeth Eunice Marcy (1821–1911), American author, activist, and social reformer * Elizabeth Margosches, American statistician * Elisabeth Marschall (1886–1947), head nurse () at Ravensbrück concentration camp, later executed for war crimes * Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather (1815–1882), American writer * Elizabeth McGovern (born 1961), American actress * Elizabeth Meckes (1980–2020), American mathematician * Elizabeth Miller (novelist), Elizabeth Miller (1878–1961), American novelist * Beth Mitchell, Elizabeth Mitchell (1972–1998), American shag dancer * Elizabeth Monk (1898–1980), Canadian lawyer and city councillor * Elizabeth Monroe (1768–1830), First Lady of the United States (1817–1825) * Eliza Monroe Hay, Elizabeth "Eliza" Monroe Hay (1786–1840), American socialite * Elizabeth Montgomery (1933–1995), American actress * Elizabeth Moore (historian), Elizabeth Moore (1894–1976), American local historian and preservationist * Elizabeth Martha Olmsted (1825–1910), American poet * Elisabeth Murdoch (philanthropist), Elizabeth Murdoch (1909–2012), Australian philanthropist * Elisabeth Murray (1909–1998), English biographer and educationist * Elisavet Mystakidou, Elizabeth Mystakidou (born 1977), Greek taekwondo athlete * Elizabeth Olsen (born 1989), American actress * Elizabeth Perkins (born 1960), American actress * Elisavet Pesiridou, Elizabeth Pesiridou (born 1992), Greek hurdler * Elizabeth Power (born 1941), English actress * Elizabeth Ramsey (1931–2015), Filipina comedian, singer, and actress * Elizabeth Rose (died 1130), Benedictine nun at Chelles, France * Elizabeth Lownes Rust (1835–1899), American philanthropist, humanitarian, Christian missionary * Elizabeth Scott (hymnwriter), Elizabeth Scott (1708–1776), English-American poet, hymnwriter * Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye (1858–1923), American writer * Elizabeth Simcoe (1762–1850), British artist and diarist, wife of John Graves Simcoe * Elisabeth Sladen (1946–2011), English actress * Elizabeth Smart (born 1987), American female activist and contributor for ABC News (American Broadcasting Corporation) * Elizabeth Willisson Stephen (1856-1925), American author * Elizabeth Stride (1843–1888), the third murder victim of Jack the Ripper * Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011), British-American actress * Elizabeth Terry (born c. 1943), American chef * Elizabeth Underwood (1794–1858), pioneering Australian land owner * Elizabeth Warren (born 1949), American politician and Current members of the United States Senate, United States Senator from Massachusetts * Elizabeth Lowe Watson (1842–1927), American lecturer, suffragist * Elizabeth Wettlaufer (born 1967), Canadian nurse and serial killer * Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born 1985), real name of singer Lana Del Rey * Elizabeth Young (author), contemporary romance writer * Elizabeth Young (journalist) (1950–2001), literary critic and author * Elizabeth Zachariadou (1931–2018), Greek historian * Elizabeth Zimmerman (born 1948), Filipina former flight attendant and former wife of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte * Elizabeth Zimmermann (1910–1999), British-born knitter


Fictional characters

* Elizabeth (BioShock), Elizabeth, main character and A.I. companion in the video game ''BioShock Infinite'' * List of Persona 3 characters#Elizabeth, Elizabeth, from the videogame ''Persona 3'' * List of Thomas & Friends characters#Elizabeth, Elizabeth, a truck from the TV series ''Thomas and Friends'' * List of Sesame Street Muppets#E, Elizabeth, a muppet from the TV series ''Sesame Street'' * Elizabeth Bennet, main character in the Jane Austen novel ''Pride and Prejudice'' * List of American Horror Story: Hotel characters#Elizabeth Johnson, Elizabeth Johnson, main character in the FX series ''American Horror Story: Hotel'', portrayed by Lady Gaga * Lizzy Bruin, best friend of Sister Bear from ''The Berenstain Bears'' * Elizabeth "Z" Delgado, the Yellow Ranger from ''Power Rangers SPD'' * Betty DeVille, wife of Howard DeVille and mother of Phil and Lil DeVille on ''Rugrats'' * Elizabeth Jones, protagonist of the Lifetime movie ''Reviving Ophelia (film), Reviving Ophelia'' * List of The Blacklist characters#Elizabeth Keen, Elizabeth Keen, main character from the American TV series ''The Blacklist (TV series), The Blacklist'' * Elizabeth Lochley, main character in the 1990s science fiction TV series ''Babylon 5'', and had appeared on the spin-off TV series ''Crusade (TV series), Crusade''. * Little Women#Elizabeth "Beth" March, Elizabeth "Beth" March from ''Little Women'' by Louisa May Alcott * Elizabeth "Lizzie" McGuire, main character of the teen sitcom ''Lizzie McGuire'' * List of Black Butler characters#Elizabeth Midford, Elizabeth Midford, in the anime and manga ''Black Butler'' * Poldark#Elizabeth Poldark (née Chynoweth) now Warleggan, Elizabeth Poldark, from the Poldark, novel and two BBC television series ''Poldark'' * Betty Rubble, wife of Barney Rubble and adoptive mother of Bamm Bamm Rubble on ''The Flintstones'' * List of Alien (film series) characters#Elizabeth Shaw, Elizabeth Shaw, main character in Ridley Scott's movie Prometheus (2012 film), ''Prometheus'' * Effy Stonem, main character from the British teen drama Skins (UK TV series), Skins * Elizabeth Swann, a main character in the film series ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' * List of Soul Eater characters#Liz and Patty Thompson, Elizabeth Thompson, main character in the anime ''Soul Eater (manga), Soul Eater'' * Elizabeth Webber, on the daytime soap opera ''General Hospital'' * List of The Seven Deadly Sins characters#Elizabeth Liones, Elizabeth Liones, main character in the manga ''The Seven Deadly Sins (manga), The Seven Deadly Sins'' * Liz Sherman, Elizabeth Sherman, from the Hellboy comic books * Elizabeth Harmon, protagonist of the novel The Queen's Gambit (novel), ''The Queen's Gambit'' * Betsy Braddock, Elizabeth 'Betsy' Braddock, from the X-Men, X-men * Elizabeth Weir (Stargate), main character in the TV series ''Stargate Atlantis'' * Dr. Liz Wilson, the vet and Jon's love interest from Jim Davis's ''Garfield'' comic strip * Elizabeth Afton, a main character from the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise


See also

* , an unrelated Anglo-Saxon name, derived from the Old English ('elf-strength'), superficially similar to 'Elspeth' and several other variants of 'Elizabeth'; more often rendered as 'Elfriede', 'Elfrida' or 'Alfreda'.


References

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