Lisbet

• Spanish:/lizβet/○(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Lisbet is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Peru, United States

  Also written Lísbet

• Russian given name24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, United States, Russia, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Lisbeth, Lizbeth, Liesbeth, Lizbet, Лисбет

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Lisbet is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Danish, a female given name, a less common spelling of Lisbeth

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, Lisbet är en förkortad form av → Elisabeth, vanlig i äldre tid i Sverige. I både den rikssvenska och finlandssvenska almanackan 19 november.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• English and Scandinavian: shortened form of ELIZABETH or Elisabet , now in fairly wide use as an independent given name.

  as a word

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.

• Lisbet Palmeb. 1931SESwedish children's psychologist, married to Olof Palme between 1956–1986 (1931–2018)
• Lisbeth Dahlb. 1946DKnot in their usual nameDanish actress
• Lisbet Koldingb. 1965DKDanish association football player (1965-)

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).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

47 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 27 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What are other forms of the name Lisbet?

In the etymology graph, Elizabeth, Lisa and Isabel are forms of the same name in other languages.

What does the name Lisbet mean?

Recorded meaning: Pet form of Elizabeth.

Where does the name Lisbet come from?

Pet form of Elizabeth. Lisette ° French diminutive form of Lise, which is itself a shortened form of Elisabeth. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.

How do you pronounce Lisbet?

In Spanish /lizβet/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Is Lisbet a male or female name?

Lisbet is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Norway (SSB), Denmark (Danmarks Statistik), Venezuela (asosab) and United States (Census Bureau, 2020), among others.

Which countries have the most people named Lisbet?

In Sweden, the national register counted about 3.8 thousand people named Lisbet, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lisbet. After it come Peru, Denmark, Venezuela and Mexico; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Lisbet most common?

Lisbet is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.7 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Lisbet?

In Sweden, the national register counted 3,767 people named Lisbet, about 1 in 2.7 thousand residents.

How common is Lisbet compared with other names?

In the Dominican Republic, Lisbet is the 699th most common given name of 44,971 given names recorded there.