Elizabeth
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Elizabeth 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: Elizabeth is a timeless and classic name of Hebrew origin meaning 'God is my oath'.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 219(inferred from the name graph)
- GRGreece≈1 in 254
- USUnited States1 in 276
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 Elizabeth 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 219 (inferred from the name graph)
1,206,652 people, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
7 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Елизавета in RU Russia, FI Finland and Elisabeth in SE Sweden, AT Austria.
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)
Elizabeth is a timeless and classic name of Hebrew origin meaning 'God is my oath.' In the Bible, Elizabeth was a woman of great faith and righteousness, the mother of John the Baptist and a relative of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The name carries connotations of grace, devotion, and blessedness.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Elizabeth 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 | 1,206,652 | 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 | 210,621as Elisabeth | 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)
Elizabeth 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.
The name Elizabeth is the Greek form of the Hebrew name 'Elisheva' (אֱלִישֶׁבַע), which means 'My God is an oath' or 'God is my oath'.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Hebrew ‘my God is satisfaction’; honored in the New Testament and for St Elizabeth of Hungary.
as a nameIrish first names
In English, A female given name from Hebrew, popular since the 16th century.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Forme anglaise d’Élisabeth, hébreu « Dieu est serment ».
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In English, Hebrew; from the Bible, see Isabel
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
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)
- Elizabeth I of Russiab. 1709RUsixth Empress of Russia from 1741 to 1762 (lived 1709-1762)
- Queen Elizabeth The Queen Motherb. 1900GBQueen consort of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952 (1900–2002)
- Julie Andrewsb. 1935GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress, singer and author (born 1935)
- Anne, Princess Royalb. 1950GBnot in their usual namedaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- Helen Huntb. 1963USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
- Tina Feyb. 1970USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
- Zara Tindallb. 1981GBnot in their usual nameBritish Olympic equestrian; daughter of Anne, Princess Royal
- Catherine, Princess of Walesb. 1982GBnot in their usual namemember of the British Royal Family and princess of Wales since 2022
- Princess Beatrice of Yorkb. 1988GBnot in their usual nameelder daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson
- Emma Myersb. 2002USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 2002)
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 155 sources across 83 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.2M | #18 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 7.9K | #469 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 6.8K | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 2.8K | #441 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 1.9K | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 1.5K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.1K | #18 |
| GB United Kingdom | ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024) | 2024 | 706 | #62 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 130 | #678 |
Reference works 6
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- 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 Elizabeth?
- In the etymology graph, Lisa, Isabel and Liliana are forms of the same name in other languages; Betty, Beth and Liz are recorded short or pet forms.
- Where does the name Elizabeth come from?
- Elizabeth is a timeless and classic name of Hebrew origin meaning 'God is my oath.' In the Bible, Elizabeth was a woman of great faith and righteousness, the mother of John the Baptist and a relative… Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- Is Elizabeth a male or female name?
- Elizabeth 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.
- What does the name Elizabeth mean?
- Recorded meaning: Elizabeth is a timeless and classic name of Hebrew origin meaning 'God is my oath.'
- In which country does Elizabeth 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 it is most often spelled elizabeth.
- How common is the name Elizabeth?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,206,652 people named Elizabeth in 2020, about 1 in 276 residents.
- How common is Elizabeth compared with other names?
- In the United States, Elizabeth is the 27th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/elizabethThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 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, “Elizabeth” — the 27th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.