Elizabeth is a feminine given name, a variation of the Hebrew name (), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance", as rendered in the Septuagint.

Occurrence in the Bible

"Elizabeth" appears in the Hebrew Bible as the name of

Aaron According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron ''′aharon'', ar, هارون, Hārūn, Greek (Septuagint): Ἀαρών; often called Aaron the priest ()., group="note" ( or ; ''’Ahărōn'') was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of ...

's wife (" Elisheva" in the Hebrew Bible), and in the New Testament as the name of the wife of the priest

Zechariah Zechariah most often refers to: * Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), author of the Book of Zechariah * Zechariah (New Testament figure), father of John the Baptist Zechariah or its many variant forms and spellings may also refer to: People *Zechariah ...

and mother of John the Baptist. 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 and Wales, as well Canada and

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

, 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 Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

) * () ( Arabic) * ( Tongan) * ( Māori) * () ( Shesan) * Aelswith, Aelswithia, Elesabeth, Elyzabeth ( English) * () ( Coptic) * , ( Czech) * ( Slovak) * ( Scottish Gaelic) * (

Manx Manx (; formerly sometimes spelled Manks) is an adjective (and derived noun) describing things or people related to the Isle of Man: * Manx people **Manx surnames * Isle of Man It may also refer to: Languages * Manx language, also known as Manx ...

) * ( Breton) * ( Portuguese) * , (

Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also

...

) * ( Hawaiian) * (

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

) *Elizabeti (Swahili) * Elisabet (

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid ...

), ( Danish), ( Finnish), ( German), ( Spanish), (

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

) * ( Icelandic) * ( Romanian) * , (

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

) * Elisabeth (

), ( Danish), ( Dutch), ( German), ( Norwegian), (

) * (

Esperanto Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...

) * ( Italian) * (), () ( Greek) * () ( Bulgarian) * () (

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

) * () ( Hebrew) * ( Basque) * Elizabeta (

), (

Croatian Croatian may refer to: * Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (disambiguation) * Croatia (disambiguation) * Croatoan (disambiguation) * Hrvatski (disambiguation) * Hrvatsko (disambiguation) * S ...

), ( Bosnian), ( Slovene) * Elizabete ( Basque), ( Latvian) * () ( Korean) * ( Malayalam) * ( Danish) * Elsbeth ( Dutch), ( German), (

Scots Scots usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: * Scots language, a language of the West Germanic language family native to Scotland * Scots people, a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland * Scoti, a Latin na ...

), (

Swiss German Swiss German (Standard German: , gsw, Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart,Because of the many different dialects, and because there is no defined orthography for any of them, many different spelling ...

) * (

) * ( Vietnamese) * (), (

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

), (

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

) * ( (or ), , ( Russian) * ( (or ), ( Ukrainian) * (

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

) * ( Polish) * () ( Japanese) * ( Hungarian) * Isabella ( Italian), ( Dutch) * Isabelle (

), ( Dutch) * Isabel ( Spanish), ( Dutch) * (), () ( Armenian) * ( Chinese Simplified) * ( Chinese Traditional) * () ( Bengali) * () ( Gujarati) * () ( Hindi) * () ( Kannada) * () (

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people *Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece See also * * ...

) * () ( Mongolian) * () (

Nepali Nepali or Nepalese may refer to : Concerning Nepal * Anything of, from, or related to Nepal * Nepali people, citizens of Nepal * Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language found in Nepal, the current official national language and a language spoken ...

) * ( Persian) * () (

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

) * () ( Tamil) * () (

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

) * () ( Thai) * ( Urdu) * () (

Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...

)

Diminutives

* ( Spanish) * ( Hungarian) * (

) * Isabel (

), ( English), ( Norwegian), ( Portuguese), ( Spanish), (

) * Isabela ( Spanish), ( Portuguese) * Isabell ( English), ( German), ( Norwegian) * Isabella ( Dutch), ( English), ( Italian), ( Norwegian), ( Polish), ( Spanish), (

) * Isabelle ( English), (

), ( German) * ( Vietnamese) * (

) * Isbel, Isebella, Izabelle,

Lisabeth Lisabeth or Lizabeth is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: ;Given name * Lisabeth Hughes Abramson (born 1955), American justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court * Lisabeth H. Muhrer, Norwegian handball player * Lizabeth ...

Lizabeth Lisabeth or Lizabeth is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: ;Given name * Lisabeth Hughes Abramson (born 1955), American justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court * Lisabeth H. Muhrer, Norwegian handball player * Lizabet ...

, Sabella, Sissy ( English) * ( Scottish Gaelic) * (

) * ( Irish) * Izabel ( Portuguese (archaic)), ( Spanish), ( Polish) * Izabela ( Czech), ( Polish) * Izabella ( Hungarian), ( Polish) *Lettie (Greek), (Latin) * ( Dutch) * ( Italian) * ( Ukrainian) * Lisbet ( Danish), ( Norwegian), (

) * Lisbeth ( German), ( Norwegian), ( Danish) * ( Spanish, chiefly Latin American) * ( Galician) * ( Slovene) * ( Armenian) * () ( Greek) * () (

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

) * () ( Russian), (

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

) * () ( Georgian)

First half

* ( Danish) * ( Malayalam) * ( Portuguese) * (

) * (

Irish language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...

) * ( Polish) * ( Afrikaans) * ( Norwegian) * Elly (English), (Dutch) * Eli (

), ( English), ( Spanish) * ( Malayalam) * ( Finnish) * ( German) * Elisa ( Finnish), ( Italian), ( Norwegian), ( Spanish), ( Portuguese) * (

) * Eliška ( Czech) and ( Slovak) * (Bulgarian) * ( Georgian) * Elissa ( English), ( Norwegian) * Eliza (

), ( English), ( Polish) * Elka (

), ( Polish) * Ellee, Elsie, Elyse, Leesa, Lizzy, Liz, Lysette ( English) * Elli ( Finnish), ( German) * Ellie (Origin unknown) * ( Dutch) * Elsa (

), ( Dutch), ( Finnish), ( German), ( Italian), ( Norwegian), ( Portuguese), ( Spanish), (

) * Else ( Danish), ( German), ( Norwegian) * (

...

) * ( Hebrew) * Elzė (

) * ( Hungarian) * ( German) * Ilse ( Dutch), ( German) * Isa ( Spanish), ( Portuguese) * ( Spanish) * Izzie ( English) * Izzy ( English), ( Norwegian) * (

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

) * Lies ( Dutch), ( German) * Lieselotte ( German), (

) * Liisa, Liisi, (

...

), ( Finnish) * Lila (mostly for kids) (

), ( Polish) * Lili (

), ( Polish) * (

Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesia ...

) * Lis ( Danish), ( English), ( Norwegian), (

) * Lisa (

), ( Danish), ( English), ( German), ( Italian), ( Norwegian), (

), ( Portuguese), ( Spanish), ( Polish), (

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

) * Lisanne ( Dutch), ( English), ( Norwegian) * Lise (

), ( Norwegian) * Liselotte ( Danish), ( German), ( Norwegian) * (

) * Liza ( English), ( Polish), ( Russian), ( Ukrainian) * ( Latvian) * Lizzie ( English), ( Norwegian)

Middle

* (

) * Ibbie, Issy, Libby, Liddy ( English) * (archaic, rural areas) (

) * ( German)

Second half

* ( Scottish Gaelic) * (

) * ( Spanish) * ( Italian) * Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Betsey, Bette, Bettie, Betty, Bettye, Bitsy, Buffy, Zabeth ( English) * ( Czech) * (

) * ( Slovak) * ( Italian) * ( German) * Bettina ( German), ( Italian) * (

...

)

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 Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was the l ...

(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 Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pe ...

, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu,

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ...

, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,

Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two maj ...

, 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 Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1230 – 27 May 1266) was Queen of the Romans, Countess of Holland, and Countess of Zeeland as the wife of William II of Holland. Biography Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg was born in 1230 to Otto I, D ...

(1230–1266), queen consort of Germany * Elizabeth the Cuman (1239/1240–1290), queen consort and regent of Hungary *

Elizabeth of Hungary, Queen of Serbia Elizabeth of Hungary ( hu, Erzsébet, sr, Јелисавета''/Jelisaveta''; c. 1255 – c. 1322), also known as Elizabeth Árpád ( hu, Árpád Erzsébet) and Blessed Elizabeth the Widow ( hu, Árpádházi Boldog Erzsébet), was a Hungarian p ...

(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 Elizabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg (c. 1300 – before 1340) was the regent of the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg during the minority of her son from 1321 until 1330. She was by two consecutive marriages, duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg and queen of Denmark by mar ...

(), 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 Elizabeth Granowska or Elisabeth Pilecki ( pl, Elżbieta Granowska z Pileckich / Elżbieta z Pilczy; – 12 May 1420 in Kraków) was Queen consort of Poland (1417–1420) as the third wife of Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila), Grand Duke of Li ...

(), 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 Elizabeth Woodville (also spelt Wydville, Wydeville, or Widvile;Although spelling of the family name is usually modernised to "Woodville", it was spelt "Wydeville" in contemporary publications by Caxton, but her tomb at St. George's Chapel, Wind ...

(), queen consort of

Edward IV Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in England ...

* 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 Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (13 November 1801 – 14 December 1873) was Queen of Prussia as the wife of King Frederick William IV. Biography Early life Elisabeth was born in Munich, the daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and ...

(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 Elisabeth of Romania (full name ''Elisabeth Charlotte Josephine Alexandra Victoria'': ro, Elisabeta a României, el, Ελισάβετ της Ρουμανίας; 12 October 1894 – 14 November 1956) was a princess of Romania and member of t ...

(1894–1956), queen consort of King George II of Greece *

(1900–2002), queen consort, queen dowager and queen mother of the United Kingdom

Princesses

Elisabeth of the Palatinate Elisabeth of the Palatinate (26 December 1618 – 11 February 1680), also known as Elisabeth of Bohemia, Princess Elisabeth of the Palatinate, or Princess-Abbess of Herford Abbey, was the eldest daughter of Frederick V, Elector Palatine (who was ...

(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 Princess Elizabeth (22 May 1770 – 10 January 1840) was the seventh child and third daughter of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After marrying the Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Frederick VI, she took permanent residence i ...

(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 Princess Elisabed Aleksandres Asuli Bagration of Mukhrani ( ka, ელისაბედ ალექსანდრეს ასული ბაგრატიონი მუხრანელი) (1880-1915) was a Georgian noblewoman of the Ho ...

(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 Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, (''Elisabeth Caroline-Mathilde Alexandrine Helena Olga Thyra Feodora Estrid Margrethe Désirée''; 8 May 1935 – 19 June 2018) was a member of the Danish royal family. She was the only daughter and eldest child ...

(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 Elisabeth von Matsch (also ''von Mätsch'', ''Mazzo'', ''von Toggenburg'', date of birth unknown; † after 20 June 1442, assumably on 24 November 1446, probably in the Rüti Abbey) was the last countess of the Swiss noble House of Toggenburg fro ...

, (1380s—around 1439), last countess of Toggenburg *

Elizabeth Báthory Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed ( hu, Báthori Erzsébet, ; sk, Alžbeta Bátoriová; 7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) was a Hungarian noblewoman and alleged serial killer from the family of Báthory, who owned land in the Kingdom of ...

(1560–1614), niece of the Polish King Stephen Báthory; Hungarian countess and murderer

Saints

* 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 Elizabeth of the Trinity, OCD (french: Élisabeth de la Trinité), born Élisabeth Catez (18 July 1880 – 9 November 1906), was a French Discalced Carmelite, a mystic, and a spiritual writer. She was known for the depth of her spiritual growth ...

(1880–1906), French Carmelite nun

Others

* Elizabeth Andrews (1882–1960), first woman organiser of the Labour Party in Wales *

Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq (1916–2003) was an innovative Canadian Inuk textile artist active from the 1970s to early 2000s. Angnaqquaq's work explores textile creations while experimenting with non-traditional methods. Her style has been described a ...

(1916–2003), Canadian Inuk textile artist * Elizabeth Arden (1881–1966), American businesswoman *

Elizabeth Mary Aslin Elizabeth Mary Aslin (23 March 1923 – 14 April 1989) was an English art historian, administrator, author and lecturer who was a specialist in 19th and 20th century decorative arts. She was a research assistant in the Circulation Department of t ...

(1923–1989), English art historian, administrator, author and lecturer * Elizabeth Banks (born 1974), American actress *

Elizabeth Barrett Browning Elizabeth Barrett Browning (née Moulton-Barrett; 6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Born in County Durham, the eldest of 12 children, Elizabet ...

(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 Elizabeth Baker Bohan (, Baker; August 18, 1849 – August 27, 1930) was a British-born American author, journalist, artist, and social reformer. She had a special interest in the reconstruction of the Incarceration in the United States, penal sy ...

(1849–1930), British-born American author, journalist, artist, social reformer * 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 Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century. She was the main force behind the 1848 Seneca ...

(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 Elisabeth Cavazza (, Jones; after first marriage, Cavazza, after second marriage, Pullen; 1849 – July 14, 1926) was an American author, journalist, and music critic. Accustomed to speaking Italian and English, she received thorough training in ...

(1849–1926), American author, journalist, music critic * Elizabeth Williams Champney (1850–1922), American writer *

Elizabeth Marney Conner Elizabeth Marney Conner (, Marney; pen name Paul Veronique; February 26, 1856 – May 1941) was a 19th-century American dramatic reader and educator, and the founder of the Buffalo School of Elocution. She published recitations in both prose and ...

(1856–?), American dramatic reader, educator, author *

Elizabeth Craig-McFeely Commandant Elizabeth Craig-McFeely CB (born 27 April 1927), who served as Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) between 1979 and 1982, while also acting as aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II. Career Elizabeth Sarah Ann Craig-McFeel ...

(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 Elizabeth Litchfield Cunnyngham (February 23, 1831 – June 27, 1911) was an American missionary and church worker of the long nineteenth century. For 30 years, she served as president of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Ep ...

(1831-1911), American missionary and church worker *

Elizabeth Daily Elizabeth Ann Guttman, (born September 11, 1961) better known as E. G. Daily and Elizabeth Daily, is an American actress and singer. Daily is best known for her animation voice roles as Tommy Pickles on ''Rugrats'' and its spin-off '' All Grown ...

(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 Elisabeth Ebeling (15 October 1946 – 16 July 2020) was a German film and stage actress. She received the in 2013. In total, she played several hundred roles and was involved with famous directors, including Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Klaus ...

(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 Elizabeth Hawley Everett (, Hawley; after first marriage, Bowen; after second marriage, Everett; August 23, 1857 – September 6, 1940) was an American clubwoman, suffragist, and author. She served as a school principal and a superintendent of scho ...

(1857-1940), American clubwoman, suffragist, author, magazine founder/editor, school principal, superindent of schools *

Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Elizabeth Sterling Haynes (December 7, 1897 – April 26, 1957) was an Alberta theatre activist. Haynes was a driving force in the Little Theatre Movement in Alberta. Early life Elizabeth Sterling was born in Seaham, County Durham, Englan ...

(1897–1957), Canadian theatre activist * Elizabeth Filippouli, Greek journalist-turned-entrepreneur, founder of the international non-profit think tank Global Thinkers Forum *

Elizabeth Fraser Elizabeth Davidson Fraser (born 29 August 1963), is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician. Hailing from Grangemouth, Scotland, she is best known as the vocalist for the pioneering dream pop band Cocteau Twins who achieved international ...

(born 1963), Scottish singer * Elizabeth Fry (1780–1845), English prison reformer *

Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (''née'' Stevenson; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many st ...

(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) Christine Elizabeth Florence Greenhill (4 May 1907 – 30 December 2006) was an English bookbinder. She did bookbinding following her encouragement from her sister to enrol on bookbinding classes until the Second World War broke out when she becam ...

, (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 Elizabeth Frances Amherst Hale (1774 – 18 June 1826) was a Canadian artist living in Lower Canada (later Quebec). The daughter of William Amherst and Elizabeth Patterson, she was born Elizabeth Frances Amherst in England and grew up there. ...

(1774–1826), Canadian Watercolor Artist * 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 United States founding father

Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first United States secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795. Born out of wedlock in Charlest ...

Elizabeth Boynton Harbert Elizabeth Morrison Harbert ( Boynton; pen name, Lizzie M. Boynton; April 15, 1843/1845 - January 19, 1925) was a 19th-century American author, lecturer, reformer and philanthropist from Indiana. She was the first women to design a woman's plank an ...

(1843–1925), American author, lecturer, reformer philanthropist *

Elizabeth Harrower (disambiguation) Elizabeth Harrower may refer to: * Elizabeth Harrower (actress) (1918–2003), American actress and screenwriter * Elizabeth Harrower (writer) (1928–2020), Australian novelist and short story writer {{hndis, Harrower, Elizabeth ...

, several people * Elizabeth Haselwood (), English silversmith *

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Elisabeth DelPadre Hasselbeck (; born May 28, 1977) is an American retired television personality and talk show host. Hasselbeck rose to prominence in 2001 as a contestant on the second season of the American version of '' Survivor'', where sh ...

(born 1977), American actress *

Elizabeth Henstridge Elizabeth Frances Henstridge (born 11 September 1987) is an English actress, model and director. She is best known for starring as Jemma Simmons in the ABC superhero action drama series '' Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2013–2020), set wi ...

(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 Elizabeth Ester Jaranyi (née: Herczfeld) (February 19, 1918 – February 26, 1998) was a survivor of Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust and the memorist of ''The Flowers From My Mother's Garden''. Early life and Holocaust experien ...

(1918–1998), Holocaust survivor and writer *

Elisabeth Jastrow Elisabeth Jastrow (October 7, 1890 – September 1981) was a German-born American classical archaeologist. Her research focus included arulae (small altars). Early life and education Elisabeth Anna Marie Jastrow (nickname, "Ebit" or "Ebith") was ...

(1890–1981), German-born classical archaeologist * Elisabetta Keller (1891–1969), Swiss-Italian artist * Elizabeth Kelly (born 1921), British actress * Elizabeth "Ellie" Kemper (born 1980), American actress and comedian * Elizabeth Kenny (1880–1952), Australian nurse * Elizabeth Lail (born 1992), American actress *

Elizabeth Lambert Penelope Williamson (born Fairbanks, Alaska, United States) is an American writer of romance novels under her real name and under the pen names Elizabeth Lambert and Penn Williamson. Penelope Williamson lives with her husband in Idaho. Acc ...

, American writer of romance * Elizabeth Lazebnik, Latvian Canadian filmmaker * Elizabeth "Betty" Washington Lewis (1733–1797), sister of George Washington *

Elizabeth A. Lynn Elizabeth A. Lynn (born 1946) is a US writer most known for fantasy and to a lesser extent science fiction. She is particularly known for being one of the first writers in science fiction or fantasy to introduce gay and lesbian characters; in hon ...

(born 1946), American writer most known for fantasy and to a lesser extent science fiction *

Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (, Roberts; 17 February 1864 – 8 November 1922) was a Canadian writer of poetry, children's literature, essays, and short stories. She regularly contributed articles to a number of Canadian and U.S. dailies. 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 Elizabeth Helen Margosches is an American statistician who worked on risk assessment for the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Education and career Margosches graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1969. After earning a master's degree a ...

, American statistician *

Elisabeth Marschall Elisabeth Marschall (May 27, 1886 – May 3, 1947) was the Head Nurse (''Oberschwester'') at the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Her duties included selecting prisoners for execution, overseeing medical experiments, and selecting which pris ...

(1886–1947), head nurse () at

Ravensbrück concentration camp Ravensbrück () was a German concentration camp exclusively for women from 1939 to 1945, located in northern Germany, north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück (part of Fürstenberg/Havel). The camp memorial's estimated figure o ...

, later executed for war crimes *

Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather Elizabeth Louisa Mather (; January 7, 1815 – February 5, 1882) was an American writer. She wrote essays, stories and poems for 40 years on religious subjects, capital punishment, and woman's suffrage. Biography Elizabeth Louisa Foster was bor ...

(1815–1882), American writer * Elizabeth McGovern (born 1961), American actress *

Elizabeth Meckes Elizabeth Samantha Meckes (1980–2020) was an American mathematician specializing in probability theory. Her research included work on Stein's method for bounding the distance between probability distributions and on random matrices. She was a ...

(1980–2020), American mathematician * Elizabeth Miller (1878–1961), American novelist * Elizabeth Mitchell (1972–1998), American shag dancer *

Elizabeth Monk Elizabeth Carmichael Monk (August 4, 1898 – December 26, 1980) was a Canadians, Canadian lawyer and Montreal city councillor. In 1942, she became one of the first two women admitted to the Bar of Quebec, Quebec Bar, alongside Suzanne Raymond ...

(1898–1980), Canadian lawyer and city councillor * Elizabeth Monroe (1768–1830), First Lady of the United States (1817–1825) * Elizabeth "Eliza" Monroe Hay (1786–1840), American socialite * Elizabeth Montgomery (1933–1995), American actress * Elizabeth Moore (1894–1976), American local historian and preservationist *

Elizabeth Martha Olmsted Elizabeth M. Olmsted (, Allen; December 31, 1825 – February 7, 1910) was an American poet of the long nineteenth century. Her poems were well known during the Civil War, and appeared in the newspapers and magazines of that period. Biography Eli ...

(1825–1910), American poet * Elizabeth Murdoch (1909–2012), Australian philanthropist *

Elisabeth Murray Katherine Maud Elisabeth Murray (3 December 1909 – 6 February 1998) was an English biographer and educationist. She began as an archaeological and historical researcher before accepting an invitation to become a librarian at Ashburne Hall, Un ...

(1909–1998), English biographer and educationist * Elizabeth Mystakidou (born 1977), Greek taekwondo athlete * Elizabeth Olsen (born 1989), American actress * Elizabeth Perkins (born 1960), American actress * Elizabeth Pesiridou (born 1992), Greek hurdler * Elizabeth Power (born 1941), English actress * Elizabeth Ramsey (1931–2015), Filipina comedian, singer, and actress *

Elizabeth Rose Elizabeth Rose may refer to: * Elizabeth Rose (nun), 12th-century nun * Elizabeth Rose, Lady of Kilravock (1747–1815), Scottish literary critic and author * Elizabeth Rose (musician) Elizabeth Maniscalco, better known by her stage name Elizabet ...

(died 1130), Benedictine nun at Chelles, France *

Elizabeth Lownes Rust Elizabeth Lownes Rust (, Lownes; 1835 – October 3, 1899) was a 19th-century American philanthropist, humanitarian, and Christian missionary. She conceived the idea of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a ...

(1835–1899), American philanthropist, humanitarian, Christian missionary * Elizabeth Scott (1708–1776), English-American poet, hymnwriter *

Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye (December 15, 1858 - November 11, 1923) was an American writer and biographer. Her story "The A.O.I.B.R.", which appeared in ''Harper's Bazaar'' in 1889 with an illustration of a child reading, is cited by the Rockwell ...

(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 Elizabeth Willisson Stephen (March 21, 1856 – December 19, 1925) was an American author. Since 1878, she contributed prose and poetry to the northern and southern press. Her poem, "Mine", published in the ''Gulf Citizen'', was characterized as ...

(1856-1925), American author * Elizabeth Stride (1843–1888), the third murder victim of Jack the Ripper *

Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. ...

(1932–2011), British-American actress *

Elizabeth Terry Elizabeth Terry (née Bennett, born c. 1943) is an American chef who was best known as owner and head chef of the Elizabeth on 37th restaurant in Savannah, Georgia. Early life and education Elizabeth Terry was born in Salem, Ohio, the first of ...

(born c. 1943), American chef *

Elizabeth Underwood Elizabeth Underwood (Harris, Lang) (1794 31 August 1858) in Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia, was a pioneering Australian land owner who founded the village (now a suburb) of Ashfield, New South Wales. She was the daughter of John ...

(1794–1858), pioneering Australian land owner * Elizabeth Warren (born 1949), American politician and United States Senator from Massachusetts *

Elizabeth Lowe Watson Elizabeth Lowe Watson (October 6, 1842 – October 7, 1927) was an American lecturer on moral, social, religious reforms, and advancement of women. She served as president of the California Equal Suffrage Association and directed the work which won ...

(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) Elizabeth Young is a Chick lit and contemporary romance writer. Her novel ''Asking for Trouble'' was the basis for the 2005 film ''The Wedding Date''. It was directed by Clare Kilner, starring Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney, with supporting ro ...

, contemporary romance writer *

Elizabeth Young (journalist) Elizabeth Jesse Young (6 February 1950 – 18 March 2001) was a London-based literary critic and author, who wrote principally on cult writers for a range of British newspapers and magazines. In particular she championed transgressive ficti ...

(1950–2001), literary critic and author *

Elizabeth Zachariadou Elizabeth A. Zachariadou ( el, Ελισάβετ Α. Ζαχαριάδου, 1931 – 26 December 2018) was a Greek scholar on Turkish studies, specializing in the early Ottoman Empire (ca. 1300–1600). Biography In 1966 she married the Byzantinist ...

(1931–2018), Greek historian *

Elizabeth Zimmerman Elizabeth Abellana Zimmerman (born April 14, 1948) is the former wife of Rodrigo Duterte, the 16th President of the Philippines, and the mother of incumbent Vice President Sara Duterte. Early life Elizabeth Abellana Zimmerman was born on in ...

(born 1948), Filipina former flight attendant and former wife of Philippine president

Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...

* Elizabeth Zimmermann (1910–1999), British-born knitter

Fictional characters

* Elizabeth, main character and A.I. companion in the video game '' BioShock Infinite'' * Elizabeth, from the videogame '' Persona 3'' * Elizabeth, a truck from the TV series '' Thomas and Friends'' * Elizabeth, a muppet from the TV series '' Sesame Street'' * Elizabeth Bennet, main character in the Jane Austen novel ''

Pride and Prejudice ''Pride and Prejudice'' is an 1813 novel of manners by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreci ...

'' * 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 '' Rugrats'' includes a large array of characters: family, friends, extended relatives, townspeople, and fictional characters. This is a list of characters from the Nickelodeon animated television series (original), its various movies, and the ...

, wife of Howard DeVille and mother of Phil and Lil DeVille on ''Rugrats'' * Elizabeth Jones, protagonist of the Lifetime movie ''

Reviving Ophelia ''Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls'' is a 1994 book written by Mary Pipher. This book takes a look at the effects of societal pressures on American adolescent girls, and utilizes many case studies from the author's experie ...

'' * Elizabeth Keen, main character from the American TV series '' The Blacklist'' *

Elizabeth Lochley The list of ''Babylon 5'' characters contains characters from the entire ''Babylon 5'' universe. The Babylon station was conceived as a political and cultural meeting place. As such, one of the show's many themes is the cultural and social intera ...

, main character in the 1990s science fiction TV series '' Babylon 5'', and had appeared on the spin-off TV series ''

Crusade The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were i ...

''. * Elizabeth "Beth" March from ''

Little Women ''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Alcott wrote the book, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives ...

'' by Louisa May Alcott * Elizabeth "Lizzie" McGuire, main character of the teen sitcom '' Lizzie McGuire'' * Elizabeth Midford, in the anime and manga ''

Black Butler is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. It has been serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Monthly GFantasy'' since September 2006. The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, the twelve-year-old Ea ...

'' * Elizabeth Poldark, from the

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

and two BBC television series '' Poldark'' * Betty Rubble, wife of Barney Rubble and adoptive mother of Bamm Bamm Rubble on ''The Flintstones'' * Elizabeth Shaw, main character in Ridley Scott's movie ''Prometheus'' * Effy Stonem, main character from the British teen drama Skins *

Elizabeth Swann Elizabeth Turner (née Swann) is a fictional character in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' film series. She appears in ''The Curse of the Black Pearl'' (2003) and three of its sequels, ''Dead Man's Chest'' (2006), '' At World's End'' (2007) and ...

, a main character in the film series ''

Pirates of the Caribbean ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' is a Disney media franchise encompassing numerous theme park rides, a series of films, and spin-off novels, as well as a number of related video games and other media publications. The franchise originated with th ...

'' * Elizabeth Thompson, main character in the anime '' Soul Eater'' * Elizabeth Webber, on the daytime soap opera ''

General Hospital ''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the list of longest-running television shows by category, longest-running American soap opera in pro ...

'' * Elizabeth Liones, main character in the manga '' The Seven Deadly Sins'' * Elizabeth Sherman, from the Hellboy comic books * Elizabeth Harmon, protagonist of the novel ''The Queen's Gambit'' * Elizabeth 'Betsy' Braddock, from the X-men * Elizabeth Weir (Stargate), main character in the TV series '' Stargate Atlantis'' *

Dr. Liz Wilson This is a list of characters in the ''Garfield'' comic strip, created by Jim Davis, organized by category and date of first appearance. Main characters Garfield First Appearance: June 19, 1978 Garfield is Jon's orange cat. Among his persona ...

, 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 5 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 5, five or number 5 may also refer to: * AD 5, the fifth year of the AD era * 5 BC, the fifth year before the AD era Literature * ''5'' (visual novel), a 2008 visual novel by Ram * ''5'' (comics), an awar ...

franchise

References

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