Entry № 2888 · Hebrew origin

Elizabeth Elizabeth — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ eh-LIZ-ah-beth /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"God is my oath"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "god is my oath".

Elizabeth comes from the Hebrew Elīšeḇaʿ (אֱלִישֶׁבַע), composed of El (God) and shava (oath, abundance) — meaning "God is my oath" or "my God is abundance." In the New Testament, Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist and cousin of Mary.

The name has been continuously in the top 25 American girl names for over 130 years — one of the most stable names in the language.

God is my oath — a Hebrew name.

The name in its native script.

אֱלִישֶׁבַע
Transliteration
Elīšeḇaʿ
Pronunciation
/ ɪˈlɪz.ə.bəθ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Elizabeth stands.

Elizabeth does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Elizabeths before her.

Real people
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. Longest-reigning British monarch in history.
1926 – 2022
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress. Two-time Academy Award winner. One of the great stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
1932 – 2011
Elizabeth Warren
American senator and law professor.
born 1949
In fiction
Elizabeth Bennet
Heroine of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
1813 novel

Names connected to Elizabeth.

The number behind Elizabeth.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Elizabeth reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.