Elizabeth
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Elizabeth is a Hebrew name meaning “God is my oath,” “pledged to God,” or “God’s promise.” Elizabeth has more spin-offs than almost any name, from Beth, Betsy and Liz to Elsa and Isabel, and it has stayed near the top of U.S. charts for well over a century. The biblical Elizabeth was the mother of John the Baptist, and the name also has a royal ring through Queen Elizabeth I and later British queens. A fitting namesake is Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, who slipped into medical lectures after being refused by medical schools and became a pioneering woman physician in Britain.
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Usage of Elizabeth in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Elizabeth against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Elizabeth is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Elizabeth in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 6,760 girls were named Elizabeth, making it the #17 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 1,688,757 girls have been named Elizabeth, with the most (20,750) in 1990. It is most common, relative to births, in Wyoming, Washington, D.C. and Montana.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Elizabeth in other languages
- Lisa Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Swedish
- Elisabeth Dutch, English, German, Norwegian, Swedish
- Elisa Catalan, Dutch, Italian, Spanish
- Elza Dutch, Hungarian, Latvian, Polish
- Ilse Dutch, Estonian, German, Swedish
- Isabel Catalan, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish
- Bettina Dutch, German, Latin
- Eliza Dutch, Polish, Swedish
- Liana English, Italian, Romanian
- Liliana Italian, Polish, Spanish
- Liz Dutch, English, Swedish
- Babette Dutch, French
- Betsy Dutch, English
- Betty Dutch, English
- Ela Polish, Slovenian
- Eliisa Estonian, Finnish
- Elizabet Dutch, Hungarian
- Elle Dutch, Estonian
- Elo Estonian, Finnish
- Ilze Latvian, Swedish
- Isabela Portuguese, Spanish
- Isabella Dutch, Italian
- Isabelle Dutch, French
- Izabela Czech, Polish
- Izabella Latvian, Polish
- Liisa Estonian, Finnish
- Liisi Estonian, Finnish
- Liza Dutch, Latvian
- Élisabeth French, Swedish
- Елисавета Bulgarian, Macedonian
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Elizabeth
There are 62 towns and villages with Elizabeth in their name, in 12 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 38🇲🇽 Mexico 9🇦🇺 Australia 4🇨🇦 Canada 3🇧🇧 Barbados 1🇧🇷 Brazil 1🇨🇴 Colombia 1🇬🇾 Guyana 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Elizabeth | New Jersey, 🇺🇸 United States | 129,007 | Map |
| Elizabeth City | North Carolina, 🇺🇸 United States | 17,988 | Map |
| Elizabeth Hills | New South Wales, 🇦🇺 Australia | 2,544 | Map |
| Elizabeth | Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸 United States | 1,499 | Map |
| Elizabeth | Colorado, 🇺🇸 United States | 1,402 | Map |
| Elizabeth | South Australia, 🇦🇺 Australia | 993 | Map |
| Elizabeth | West Virginia, 🇺🇸 United States | 839 | Map |
| Port Elizabeth | Grenadines Parish, 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 839 | Map |
| Elizabeth | Illinois, 🇺🇸 United States | 749 | Map |
| Elizabeth | Louisiana, 🇺🇸 United States | 553 | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Elizabeth
There are 70 lakes and reservoirs with Elizabeth in their name, in 4 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 43🇨🇦 Canada 24🇦🇺 Australia 2🇬🇱 Greenland 1
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| Elizabeth Lagoon | British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elizabeth Lake | Newfoundland and Labrador, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elizabeth Lake | Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elizabeth Lake | New Brunswick, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elizabeth Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elizabeth Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elizabeth Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elizabeth Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elizabeth Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elizabeth Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Elizabeth songs
24 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Elizabeth in their title. The best known:
- Elizabeth Taylor – Taylor Swift (2025)
- Elizabeth (2010)
- In Memory of Elizabeth Reed – The Allman Brothers Band (1970)
- Elizabeth (2008)
- Elizabeth – The Statler Brothers (1983)
- Elizabeth My Dear – The Stone Roses (1989)
- Elizabeth Pier (2007)
- HMS Queen Elizabeth March
- Queen Elizabeth – Michael Hunter Ochs (2016)
- ELIZABETH (Faustini)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Elizabeth
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Bear
Elizabeth Bentley
Elizabeth Birch
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Fictional characters named Elizabeth
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Elizabeth as a pet name
FurryName has found 77 dogs named Elizabeth in public pet registers, making it the #2,459 dog name there. Most of them are registered in New York City (37), Allegheny County (36), Maple Ridge (1). Elizabeth as a dog name →
FurryName has found 12 cats named Elizabeth in public pet registers, making it the #665 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Toronto (6), Tacoma (2), Laval (1). Elizabeth as a cat name →
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