Elisabete as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Elisabete

What is the meaning of the name Elisabete ?

The baby name Elisabete is a Female name , 5 syllables long and is pronounced /ɛ.li.zɐ.ˈbɛ.tɨ/ (European Portuguese); /e.li.za.ˈbe.t͡ʃi/ (Brazilian Portuguese) — approx. 'eh-lee-zah-BEH-teh'.

Elisabete is Portuguese in Origin.

Elisabete is the Portuguese form of Elizabeth, ultimately from Hebrew Elisheva (“my God is an oath,” also interpreted as “God is abundance”). Carried into the Iberian Peninsula through biblical and liturgical tradition, the name appears in Portuguese records from the early modern period and has circulated throughout the Lusophone world, including Brazil, Angola, and Mozambique. Although long overshadowed by the Iberian favorite Isabel, Elisabete has remained a cultivated, devotional variant linked to the New Testament’s Saint Elizabeth and to the broader European cult of St. Elizabeth of Hungary.

International counterparts include Elizabeth (English), Élisabeth (French), Elisabetta (Italian), Elisabet (Catalan/Scandinavian), Elżbieta (Polish), Erzsébet (Hungarian), and Elizabete (Latvian). Near Portuguese variants and diminutives include Elisa, Eliza, Lisete/Lisette, Liza, Lisa, Beta, Bete, Betinha, and Beth. The name combines timeless biblical gravitas with a distinctly Lusophone spelling and cadence.