Elizabeth

English Alternative forms en Elisabeth Etymology en :inh enm:Elizabeth<ety:der<grc:Ἐλισάβετ>> 1 From en enm Elizabeth, from the en grc Ἐλισάβετ, a transliteration of the Old Testament en hbo אלישבע my God is an oath ʔĕlîšeḇaʕ. See en El and he שבועה. en Elisheba Isabel. Pronunciation en /ɪˈlɪzəbəθ/ en en-ca-Elizabeth.opus CA Proper noun ~ s en female Hebrew, popular since the 16th century. en 1595 w:Edmund Spenser Amoretti LXXIV Most happy letters! framed by skilful trade, / With which that happy name was first designed, - - - / Ye three Elizabeths! for ever live, / That three such graces did unto me give. 1988 Barbara Vine ( =Ruth Rendell ), The House of Stairs, p.21: "Because if you say it over and over to yourself, darling, it really is a quite strange-sounding name, isn't it? It's just as strange as any other from the Old Testament, Mehetabel or Hepsibah or Shulamith, and any of them might have got to be as fashionable as Elizabeth if a queen had been called by them. en 1993 w:Phillip Margolin Gone But Not Forgotten Bantam Books 0553569031 25 No one ever called Elizabeth Tannenbaum stunning, but most men found her attractive. Hardly anyone called her Elizabeth, either. An "Elizabeth" was regal, cool, an eyecatching beauty. A "Betsy" was pleasant to look at, a tiny bit overweight, capable, but still fun to be with. en Issy Ronald Woman killed by malfunctioning ottoman bed w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/14/uk/woman-killed-ottoman-bed-intl-scli-gbr 2024-10-14 Davey was found by her daughter, Elizabeth, according to a statement read in court and reported by local paper The Northern Echo.“I went upstairs, my mam’s bedroom door was wide open, and I saw her lying on her back with her head under the bed,” Elizabeth said in court. https://web.archive.org/web/20241022205003/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/14/uk/woman-killed-ottoman-bed-intl-scli-gbr/ en matronymics. en suburb of city/Adelaide c/Australia; named for Elizabeth II. en locale c/US. en ucomm s/Arkansas. en town s/Colorado; named for a family member of John Evans (Colorado governor) John Evans, 2nd Governor of the Territory of Colorado. en ucomm s/Georgia; named for Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Georgia senator Joseph E. Brown. en village s/Illinois; said to be named for three early settlers all named Elizabeth. en town s/Indiana; named for Elizabeth Lemmon Zenor, daughter-in-law of early landowner Jacob Zenor. en village co/Allen Parish s/Louisiana. en city s/Minnesota; named for early settler Elizabeth Niggler. en city/county seat co/Union County s/New Jersey; named for Elizabeth de Carteret, wife of George Carteret, one of two original Lords Proprietor of the Colony New Jersey. TopoZone: Elizabeth, New Jersey en borough in s/Pennsylvania; named for early settler Elizabeth Mackay Bayard. en town/county seat co/Wirt County s/West Virginia; named for early settler Elizabeth Woodyard Beauchamp. Places in the Philippines: en barangay mun/Dingras p/Ilocos Norte c/Philippines. I Ilocos Norte Dingras en barangay mun/Marcos p/Ilocos Norte c/Philippines, named after Elizabeth Marcos. I Ilocos Norte Marcos en barangay mun:pref/Leyte p:pref/Leyte c/Philippines. VIII Leyte Leyte Derived terms en Cape Elizabeth EIIR Elizabethan Elizabeth Beach Elizabeth City Elizabethian Elizabethton Elizabethtown ER Port Elizabeth Elizabeth Bay Elizabeth Hills Elizabeth Town Related terms en Elizabethan en variations and nicknames Bess Bessie Bessy Bet Beth Betsy Bettie Betty Biz Buffy Elisabet Elisabeth Elise Eliza Ellie Elsa Elsie Elspeth Isabel Isabella Isabelle Izzy Libby Lilly Lily Lisa Lise Lisetta Lisette Liz Liza Lizardbreath Lisbeth Lizbeth Lizzie Lizzy Tetty Yelizaveta Translations female given name Albanian: sq Izabetë f Arabic: ar إِلِيزَابِيث, ar إِلِيصَابَات f Armenian: hy Եղիսաբեթ Basque: eu Elixabete Belarusian: be Лізаве́та Bengali: bn এলিজাবেথ Breton: br Elesbed Bulgarian: bg Елисавета f Catalan: ca Elisabet f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 伊利沙伯 ji1 lei6 saa1 baak3 Mandarin: cmn 伊麗莎白 Yīlìshābái Czech: cs Alžběta f Danish: da Elisabeth Dutch: nl Elisabeth f, nl Elizabeth f Esperanto: eo Elizabeto Estonian: et Liis Farefare: gur Elizabɛtɩ, gur A'elizabɛtɩ Faroese: fo Elisabet f, fo Lísbita f Finnish: fi Liisa, fi Elisabet French: fr Élisabeth f, fr Isabelle f, fr Élise f, fr Lise f, fr Lisa f, fr Élisa f Galician: gl Sabela f Georgian: ka ელისაბედი German: de Elisabeth f Gothic: got 𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸 f Greek: el Ελισάβετ f, el Ισαβέλλα f Ancient Greek: grc Ἐλισάβετ f Hawaiian: haw ʻElikapeka Hebrew: he אלישבע f elishéva אלישבע \ אֱלִישֶׁבַע Hindi: hi एलिजाबेथ f, hi इसाबेला f Hungarian: hu Erzsébet Icelandic: is Elísabet f Indonesian: id Elisabet Irish: ga Eilís, ga Eibhlís, ga Éilis, ga Isibéal Italian: it Elisabetta f Japanese: ja エリザベス Erizabesu Korean: ko ^엘리자베스 Latin: la Isabella f, la Elisabeth f Latvian: lv Elizabete f Lithuanian: lt Elžbieta Macedonian: mk Елизабе́та f, mk Елисаве́та f Maltese: mt Eliżabetta Manx: gv Ealisaid Māori: mi Irihāpeti Middle English: enm Elizabeth Norwegian: no Elisabeth Ojibwe: oj Enizaabet Old English: ang Elizabeþ f Polish: pl Elżbieta f Portuguese: pt Elisabete f, pt Isabel f Romanian: ro Elisabeta f Russian: ru Елизаве́та f cognate, ru Эли́забет f transliteration Scottish Gaelic: gd Ealasaid f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Јелисавета Latin: sh Jelisaveta Slovak: sk Alžbeta f Spanish: es Isabel f Swedish: sv Elisabet c, sv Elisabeth c Tamil: ta எலிசபெத் Telugu: te ఎలిజబెత్ Ukrainian: , uk Елі́забет f, uk Єлизаве́та f, uk Єлисаве́та f, uk Елізабе́т f French name Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Elizabeth is the 38439th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 576 individuals. Elizabeth is most common among White (60.94%) and Hispanic/Latino (25.17%) individuals. See also Elizabeth Famous Elizabeths Elizabeth#Places References en Biblical characters en eponyms Cebuano Etymology From ceb en Elizabeth, from the ceb grc Ἐλισάβετ, a transliteration of the Old Testament ceb hbo - he אלישבע my God is an oath Elisheva Hebr. Proper noun ceb noun ceb female English < Hebrew Middle English Proper noun enm proper noun Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist. Luke 1 5 27 r 1 1–4 IN þe daies of eroude kyng of iudee · ẏ was a preſt ſacharie bi name : of þe ſorte of abia and his wijf was of þe douȝtris of aaron : ⁊ hir name was elizabeth / In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest, Zechariah by name, of the sort of Abijah, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. Elisheba, the wife of Aaron. 1380s Wycliffe Bible: Exodus 6:23: enm Sotheli Aaron took a wijf, Elizabeth, the douytir of Amynadab, the sistr of Naason. [And] Aaron took a wife, Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon. Descendants en Elizabeth enm Biblical characters Old English Proper noun f ang Elizabeþ Spanish es: Alternative forms es Isabel given name Etymology es :ubor en:Elizabeth + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun f es female