The baby name Elisabeth is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ɪˈlɪzəbəθ/ (ih-LIZ-ə-bəth); Continental: /ˌɛlɪˈzabɛt/ (el-ih-ZAH-bet).
Elisabeth is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Elisabeth is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ɪˈlɪzəbəθ/ (ih-LIZ-ə-bəth); Continental: /ˌɛlɪˈzabɛt/ (el-ih-ZAH-bet).
Elisabeth is Hebrew in Origin.
Elisabeth descends from Hebrew Elisheva (Elisheba), meaning “my God is an oath” or “pledge.” Through Greek Elisabet and Latin Elisabetha, it entered Christian Europe, anchored by two biblical bearers: Aaron’s wife in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament’s Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist. The name flourished among royalty and saints - most famously St. Elizabeth of Hungary and Empress Elisabeth of Austria - cementing its pan‑European prestige. The s‑spelling is standard in Germanic and Scandinavian usage and also appears in French (Élisabeth), while English more often prefers Elizabeth with z.
International variants include Elisabetta (Italian), Elżbieta (Polish), Erzsébet (Hungarian), Yelizaveta (Russian), Alžběta/Alžbeta (Czech/Slovak), Elizabeta (South Slavic), Isabel/Isabella (Iberian and medieval forms from the same root), and Elisabete (Portuguese). Diminutives abound: Elise, Elisa, Lise, Liese, Lies, Liesel, Lisa, Lisbeth/Liesbeth, Else, Elsa, Ella, Beth, Betty, Betsy, Bess, Liz, Liza, and Eliza.
| Empress Elisabeth of Austria Empress Elisabeth of Austria, often called Sisi, was an Empress of the Austrian Empire and Queen of Hungary in the 19th century. She is most famous for her beauty, her tragic life, and her influence on the politics of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Her life inspired the popular 'Sissi' film trilogy starring Romy Schneider. | Elisabeth Shue Elisabeth Shue is an American actress best known for The Karate Kid and Adventures in Babysitting. She also starred in Leaving Las Vegas, along with films like Cocktail and Back to the Future Part II. | Élisabeth Borne Élisabeth Borne is a prominent French politician known for serving as the Prime Minister of France. She has played a significant role in French politics, having held various ministerial positions before becoming Prime Minister in 2022. |
| Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel is best known as the wife of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, and as Holy Roman Empress. She was also Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, German Queen, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary, and Archduchess of Austria. | Elisabeth Harnois Elisabeth Harnois is an American actress best known for roles in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Point Pleasant, and One Tree Hill. She started acting at age five and went on to build a career in both film and television. | Élisabeth Depardieu Élisabeth Depardieu is a French actress known for her role in the film 'Jean de Florette'. She has also appeared in 'Manon des Sources' and 'The Count of Monte Cristo'. |
| Name | Last Name(s) | Mother | Mother famous for | Fame Level | Father | Father famous for | Fame Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elisabeth | Waterston | Lynn Louisa Woodruff | model | Sam Waterston | television actor | ★★★★★ |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Girls | 2025 | #1 | — | 874 |
| Germany | Girls | 2025 | #1 | — | 411 |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #7 | 5,475 | 1,885 |
| KR | 0 | #8 | 1 | 201 | |
| BF | Girls | 0 | #13 | 5 | 315 |
| SV | Girls | 0 | #17 | 2 | 458 |
| HN | 0 | #22 | 1 | 704 | |
| NL | Girls | 2014 | #24 | 128 | 73 |
| Austria | 0 | #24 | 424 | 850 | |
| BI | Girls | 0 | #31 | 3 | 726 |
| ID | 0 | #31 | 9 | 2,238 | |
| NA | 0 | #32 | 2 | 2,537 | |
| EE | 0 | #34 | 4 | 1,051 | |
| HN | Girls | 0 | #38 | 1 | 884 |
| CM | 0 | #49 | 8 | 2,592 | |
| Austria | Girls | 2019 | #54 | 161 | 60 |
| LU | 0 | #57 | 10 | 2,830 | |
| AO | 0 | #64 | 13 | 2,729 | |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #68 | 31 | 3,319 |
| JP | 0 | #75 | 3 | 4,057 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #78 | 125 | 4,850 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #84 | 1,228 | 11,671 |
| RS | 0 | #84 | 1 | 923 | |
| CN | 0 | #86 | 1 | 3,857 | |
| LT | 0 | #88 | 1 | 949 | |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #91 | 441 | 7,429 |
| MD | Girls | 0 | #92 | 1 | 865 |
| EE | Girls | 0 | #98 | 41 | 1,888 |
| Norway | Girls | 2025 | #99 | 28 | 453 |
| QA | 0 | #103 | 4 | 7,011 | |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #104 | 4,065 | 4,949 |
| GE | Girls | 0 | #105 | 4 | 1,564 |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #109 | 111 | 4,575 |
| PH | 0 | #110 | 1 | 5,607 | |
| HU | 0 | #112 | 4 | 1,675 | |
| Belgium | Girls | 2024 | #113 | 73 | 424 |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #114 | 1 | 5,459 |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #115 | 21 | 1,786 |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #118 | 8 | 3,755 |
| EC | 0 | #119 | 3 | 2,502 | |
| KW | 0 | #120 | 2 | 5,216 | |
| DK | 0 | #123 | 89 | 5,198 | |
| MU | 0 | #127 | 10 | 3,613 | |
| GR | 0 | #129 | 7 | 3,911 | |
| PA | 0 | #138 | 1 | 3,797 | |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #146 | 8 | 3,773 |
| Sweden | Girls | 2022 | #147 | 33 | 1,568 |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #148 | 4 | 4,216 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #151 | 4,439 | 5,561 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #152 | 73 | 7,146 |
| CR | 0 | #159 | 7 | 5,526 | |
| PR | Girls | 0 | #165 | 3 | 3,171 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #175 | 68 | 6,293 |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #177 | 1 | 2,769 |
| UY | 0 | #182 | 1 | 2,477 | |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #183 | 105 | 2,795 |
| AE | 0 | #184 | 4 | 10,220 | |
| CZ | 0 | #185 | 2 | 3,154 | |
| RU | 0 | #193 | 2 | 3,641 | |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #195 | 29 | 3,308 |
| Germany | 0 | #201 | 306 | 2,542 | |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #205 | 35 | 3,650 |
| PL | 0 | #211 | 2 | 2,600 | |
| PS | 0 | #221 | 6 | 5,692 | |
| PT | 0 | #223 | 24 | 4,161 | |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #226 | 2 | 4,141 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #227 | 5 | 3,559 |
| IR | 0 | #230 | 2 | 4,221 | |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #236 | 10 | 6,592 |
| GH | 0 | #241 | 8 | 5,396 | |
| EC | Boys | 0 | #246 | 1 | 3,322 |
| Spain | 0 | #248 | 238 | 2,326 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #252 | 2 | 6,830 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #254 | 237 | 7,952 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #257 | 157 | 3,185 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #261 | 3 | 7,056 |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #267 | 10 | 8,139 |
| Finland | Girls | 0 | #268 | 137 | 1,368 |
| GT | 0 | #272 | 43 | 5,948 | |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| IL | 0 | #275 | 8 | 6,291 | |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #276 | 3 | 7,507 |
| SG | 0 | #277 | 6 | 11,010 | |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #287 | 8 | 3,687 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #287 | 65 | 8,539 |
| Finland | 0 | #291 | 17 | 830 | |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #292 | 51 | 5,378 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #297 | 193 | 9,861 |
| France | Boys | 1971 | #299 | 3 | 1,233 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #302 | 23 | 6,973 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #303 | 1,138 | 5,933 |
| NL | 0 | #305 | 87 | 2,481 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #307 | 10 | 15,378 |
| BR | 0 | #311 | 35 | 5,969 | |
| SA | 0 | #312 | 1 | 10,560 | |
| PE | 0 | #321 | 9 | 6,350 | |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #330 | 25 | 5,096 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #335 | 5 | 7,570 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #340 | 848 | 14,098 |
| BO | 0 | #342 | 40 | 6,868 | |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #345 | 173 | 7,500 |
| MY | 0 | #347 | 8 | 12,352 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #352 | 8 | 8,829 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #355 | 302 | 9,488 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #355 | 4 | 7,678 |
| HK | 0 | #356 | 2 | 8,483 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #367 | 1,582 | 16,140 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #371 | 26 | 15,987 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #372 | 275 | 8,289 |
| CL | 0 | #376 | 36 | 6,867 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #387 | 600 | 3,895 |
| YE | 0 | #396 | 3 | 8,639 | |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #401 | 98 | 11,913 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #407 | 2 | 11,440 |
| EG | 0 | #409 | 4 | 6,387 | |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #410 | 868 | 14,861 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #410 | 102 | 6,731 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #413 | 1 | 5,922 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #421 | 9 | 13,098 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #430 | 2,420 | 9,415 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #431 | 12 | 2,180 |
| ZA | 0 | #433 | 15 | 14,421 | |
| MX | 0 | #439 | 7 | 8,339 | |
| CO | 0 | #442 | 39 | 7,768 | |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #444 | 734 | 12,708 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #451 | 82 | 11,342 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #480 | 4 | 7,628 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #480 | 36 | 19,177 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #488 | 43 | 8,334 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #488 | 36 | 10,981 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #496 | 4 | 7,625 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #500 | 6 | 9,305 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #515 | 36 | 12,054 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #531 | 23 | 20,968 |
| IT | 0 | #531 | 187 | 4,183 | |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #534 | 53 | 18,916 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #560 | 58 | 11,648 |
| BH | 0 | #581 | 7 | 17,937 | |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #582 | 11 | 9,244 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #591 | 25 | 16,104 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #630 | 292 | 8,487 |
| LB | 0 | #634 | 25 | 13,263 | |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #652 | 3 | 13,121 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #661 | 127 | 15,093 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #695 | 6 | 13,390 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #739 | 540 | 17,781 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #742 | 2 | 18,093 |
| SY | 0 | #764 | 4 | 11,684 | |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #779 | 7 | 12,213 |
| TN | 0 | #792 | 38 | 13,765 | |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #801 | 6 | 18,755 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #834 | 315 | 25,928 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #861 | 18 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #906 | 15 | 15,656 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #909 | 86 | 24,821 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #911 | 20 | 5,610 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #913 | 23 | 25,931 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #914 | 5 | 17,948 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #938 | 15 | 5,697 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #943 | 17 | 14,742 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #999 | 3 | 16,906 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,031 | 3 | 16,355 |
| MA | 0 | #1,067 | 62 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,160 | 17 | 20,130 | |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,179 | 4 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,179 | 33 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,264 | 9 | 25,619 |
Elisabeth is popular in 92 countries — most recent births per country:
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