Elspeth or Elspet is a feminine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
, which is the
Scottish form of
Elizabeth.
It means "chosen by God" or "consecrated by God".
The name may refer to:
People
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Elspeth Attwooll (born 1943), English politician
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Elspeth Ballantyne (born 1939), Australian actress
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Elspeth Barker (1940–2022), Scottish writer
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Elspeth Beard (born 1959), English motorcyclist
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Elspeth Buchan (1738–1791), Scottish religious leader
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Elspeth Cameron (born 1943), Canadian writer
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Elspeth Campbell (1940–2023), English political spouse
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Elspeth Champcommunal (1888–1976), English fashion designer and editor
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Elspeth Denning (born 1956), Australian field hockey player
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Elspeth Duxbury (1909–1967) English actress
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Elspeth Eric (1907–1993), American actress
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Elspeth Garman (born 1955), English scientist
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Elspeth Gibson (born 1963), English fashion designer
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Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre (1968), American professor of classics
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Elspet Gray (1929–2013), Scottish actress
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Elspeth Hanson (born 1986), English musician
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Elspeth Howe (1932–2022), English public servant
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Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997), Kenyan writer
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Elspeth Kennedy (1921–2006), English scholar
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Elspeth March (1911–1999), English actress
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Elspeth McLachlan (born 1942), Australian scientist
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Elspeth Probyn (born 1958), Australian writer
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Elspeth Reoch (died 1616), alleged Scottish witch
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Elspeth Rostow (1917–2007), American educator
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Elspeth Sandys (born 1940), New Zealand author
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Elspeth Seton Cochrane (1916–2011), British actress, playwright, stage manager
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Elspeth Thompson (1961–2010), English journalist
Fiction
* Elspeth, character in the ''Evil Genius'' series by
Catherine Jinks
Catherine Jinks (born 1963) is an Australian writer of fiction books for all age groups. She has won many awards including the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award four times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the ...
* Elspeth, apprentice sorceress in the animated television series ''
Gawayn''
* Elspeth, character in the novel ''Rewrite: Loops in the Timescape'' by
Gregory Benford
* Elspeth Cary, character in ''
The Day of the Triffids'' by John Wyndham
* Elspeth Gordie, character in ''
Obernewtyn Chronicles'' by Isobelle Carmody
* Elspeth Honey, character in ''
No Highway'' by Nevil Shute
* Elspeth MacLeod, character in ''Remembering Laughter'' by
Wallace Stegner
* Elspat MacTavish, character in ''The Highland Widow'' by
Walter Scott
* Elspeth MacTout, character from ''
The Family-Ness''
* Elspeth McGillicuddy, character in ''
4.50 from Paddington'' by Agatha Christie
* Elspeth Morrison-Flashman, character in ''
The Flashman Papers'' novel series by George McDonald Fraser
* Elspeth Noblin, character in ''
Her Fearful Symmetry'' by Audrey Niffenegger
* Elspeth Tirel, character in the trading card game ''
Magic: The Gathering''
* Princess Elspeth, character in several Valdemar novels by
Mercedes Lackey
Mercedes Ritchie Lackey (born June 24, 1950) is an American writer of Fantasy literature, fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar (fictional co ...
* Saint Elspeth, character in the computer game ''
RuneScape''
* Lady Elspeth Tsepish, character in the game ''
King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride''
* Elspeth Scallon, aka Sister Cecily in the book ''
In This House of Brede'' by Rumer Godden
* Elspeth, character (a witch and mother of Zora) in
W. E. B. Du Bois's ''The Quest of the Silver Fleece''
* Lady Elspeth Catton, character played by Rosamund Pike in the film
''Saltburn'' written and directed by Emerald Fennell
See also
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Elspeth (band), an Irish rock band
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Elsbeth, a given name and surname
References
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Given names
Scottish feminine given names
Feminine given names