Elisabeth
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Elisabeth is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 27th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Hebrew Elishéva; via biblical tradition, meaning ‘God is plénitude’.
- SESweden1 in 48(measured from records)
- ATAustria≈1 in 261
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 219as Elizabeth
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Elisabeth itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #49 (measured from records)
- 9 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 675 (measured from records)
- 1 in 48 (inferred from the name graph)
1,206,652 named Elizabeth, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
6 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Elizabeth in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 2 more and Елизавета in RU Russia, FI Finland.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Hebrew Elishéva; via biblical tradition, meaning ‘God is plénitude’.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Elisabeth counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #27 | 1,206,652as Elizabeth | 1 in 276 | 1.2M | Elizabeth | 675 |
| NG Nigeria | #21 | ≈600,000 est. | ≈1 in 355 | — | Elizabeth | 144 |
| RU Russia | #65 | ≈520,000 est. | ≈1 in 270 | #27 | Елизавета | 216 |
| GB United Kingdom | #22 | ≈300,000 est. | ≈1 in 219 | 706 | Elizabeth | 411 |
| PH Philippines | #68 | ≈260,000 est. | ≈1 in 425 | — | Elizabeth | 158 |
| SE Sweden | #27 | 210,621 | 1 in 48 | 211K | Elisabeth | 134 |
| GR Greece | #26 | ≈42,000 est. | ≈1 in 254 | 79 | Elizabeth | 101 |
| AT Austria | #19 | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 261 | 13K | Elisabeth | 178 |
| FI Finland | #158 | 25,348as Elisabet | 1 in 220 | 58K | Елизавета | 54 |
1,206,652 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Elisabeth is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, From Hebrew Elisheva, 'my God is an oath' or 'God is abundance'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In Hebrew, Hebrew 'God has sworn' or 'she who swears by God'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In Hebrew, from Hebrew ʾelīšévaʿ 'my God is an oath'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
New Testament. See HEliza- ; beth in main dictionary.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Biblical. See main dictionary at bElizabeth.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Elisabeth of Franceb. 1602FRQueen consort of Spain (1602-1644)
- Isabelle de Charrièreb. 1740CHnot in their usual nameDutch French-language writer and composer (1740-1805)
- Élisabeth de Franceb. 1764FRFrench Princess, Sister of King Louis XVI, Martyr and Servant of God
- Harriet Beecher Stoweb. 1811USnot in their usual nameAmerican abolitionist and author (1811–1896)
- Empress Elisabeth of Austriab. 1837DEEmpress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from 1854 to 1898 (1837–1898)
- Elisabeth Kübler-Rossb. 1926USSwiss-American psychiatrist and pioneer in near-death studies (1926-2004)
- Betty Williamsb. 1943GBnot in their usual nameNorthern Irish peace activist (1943–2020)
- Louise Glückb. 1943USnot in their usual nameU.S. poet and Nobel laureate (1943–2023)
- Élisabeth Borneb. 1961FRPrime Minister of France from 2022 to 2024
- Sarah Mullallyb. 1962GBnot in their usual name106th archbishop of Canterbury
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 114 sources across 62 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 211K | #5 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 45K | #964 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 29K | #73 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 21K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 20K | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 13K | #67 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 282 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2024 | 114 | #67 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 55 | #964 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 35 | #8,883 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1989 | 10 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Elisabeth?
- In the etymology graph, Elizabeth, Lisa and Isabel are forms of the same name in other languages; Elisa, Lisbeth and Bettina are recorded short or pet forms.
- What does the name Elisabeth mean, and where does it come from?
- From Hebrew Elishéva; via biblical tradition, meaning ‘God is plénitude’. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- In which country does Elisabeth have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.2 million people named Elizabeth, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Elisabeth most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Elisabeth is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 48 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- Is Elisabeth a male or female name?
- Elisabeth is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Elisabeth?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 210,621 people named Elisabeth, about 1 in 48 residents.
- How common is Elisabeth compared with other names?
- In the United States, Elisabeth is the 27th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/elisabethThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Elisabeth” — the 27th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.