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Elizabeth

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English Elizabeth, from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Old Testament Biblical Hebrew אלישבע (Elisheva, “my God is an oath”). See El and שבועה. Doublet of Elisheba and Isabel.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪˈlɪzəbəθ/
  • Audio (Canada):(file)

Proper noun

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Elizabeth (countable and uncountable, plural Elizabeths)

  1. A female given name from Hebrew, popular since the 16th century.
    • 1595, Edmund Spenser, Amoretti, section LXXIV:
      Most happy letters! framed by skilful trade, / With which that happy name was first designed, - - - / Ye three Elizabeths! for ever live, / That three such graces did unto me give.
    • 1988 Barbara Vine ( =Ruth Rendell ), The House of Stairs, p.21:
      "Because if you say it over and over to yourself, darling, it really is a quite strange-sounding name, isn't it? It's just as strange as any other from the Old Testament, Mehetabel or Hepsibah or Shulamith, and any of them might have got to be as fashionable as Elizabeth if a queen had been called by them.
    • 1993, Phillip Margolin, Gone But Not Forgotten, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 25:
      No one ever called Elizabeth Tannenbaum stunning, but most men found her attractive. Hardly anyone called her Elizabeth, either. An "Elizabeth" was regal, cool, an eyecatching beauty. A "Betsy" was pleasant to look at, a tiny bit overweight, capable, but still fun to be with.
    • 2024 October 14, Issy Ronald, “Woman killed by malfunctioning ottoman bed”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Davey was found by her daughter, Elizabeth, according to a statement read in court and reported by local paper The Northern Echo.
      “I went upstairs, my mam’s bedroom door was wide open, and I saw her lying on her back with her head under the bed,” Elizabeth said in court.
  2. A surname originating as a matronymic.
  3. A suburb of Adelaide, Australia; named for Elizabeth II.
  4. A locale in the United States.
    1. An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
    2. A town in Colorado; named for a family member of John Evans, 2nd Governor of the Territory of Colorado.
    3. An unincorporated community in Georgia; named for Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Georgia senator Joseph E. Brown.
    4. A village in Illinois; said to be named for three early settlers all named Elizabeth.
    5. A town in Indiana; named for Elizabeth Lemmon Zenor, daughter-in-law of early landowner Jacob Zenor.
    6. A village in Allen Parish, Louisiana.
    7. A city in Minnesota; named for early settler Elizabeth Niggler.
    8. A city, the county seat of Union County, New Jersey; named for Elizabeth de Carteret, wife of George Carteret, one of two original Lords Proprietor of the Colony New Jersey.
    9. A borough in Pennsylvania; named for early settler Elizabeth Mackay Bayard.
    10. A town, the county seat of Wirt County, West Virginia; named for early settler Elizabeth Woodyard Beauchamp.
  5. Places in the Philippines:
    1. A barangay of Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
      Coordinate terms: Albano, Bacsil, Bagut, Baresbes, Barong, Bungcag, Cali, Capasan, Dancel, Elizabeth, Espiritu, Foz, Guerrero, Lanas, Lumbad, Madamba, Mandaloque, Medina, Parado, Peralta, Puruganan, Root, Sagpatan, Saludares, San Esteban, San Francisco, San Marcelino, San Marcos, Sulquiano, Suyo, Ver — barangays of Dingras
    2. A barangay of Marcos, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, named after Elizabeth Marcos.
      Coordinate terms: Cacafean, Daquioag, Elizabeth, Escoda, Ferdinand, Fortuna, Imelda, Lydia, Mabuti, Pacifico, Santiago, Tabucbuc, Valdez — barangays of Marcos
    3. A barangay of the municipality of Leyte, province of Leyte, Philippines.
      Coordinate terms: Bachao, Baco, Bagaba-o, Basud, Belen, Burabod, Calaguise, Consuegra, Culasi, Danus, Elizabeth, Kawayan, Libas, Maanda, Macupa, Mataloto, Palarao, Palid I, Palid II, Parasan, Poblacion, Salog, Sambulawan, Tag-abaca, Tapol, Tigbawan, Tinocdugan, Toctoc, Ugbon, Wague — barangays of Leyte

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Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Elizabeth is the 38439th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 576 individuals. Elizabeth is most common among White (60.94%) and Hispanic/Latino (25.17%) individuals.

See also

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Further reading

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English Elizabeth, from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Old Testament Biblical Hebrew אלישבע (Elisheva, “my God is an oath”).

Proper noun

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Elizabeth

  1. a female given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]

Middle English

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Proper noun

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Elizabeth

  1. Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist.
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎[2], published c. 1410, Luke 1:5, folio 27, recto, column 1, lines 1–4; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
      IN þe daies of eroude kyng of iudee · ẏ was a preſt ſacharie bi name : of þe ſorte of abia and his wijf was of þe douȝtris of aaron : ⁊ hir name was elizabeth /
      In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest, Zechariah by name, of the sort of Abijah, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
  2. Elisheba, the wife of Aaron.
    • 1380s Wycliffe Bible: Exodus 6:23:
      Sotheli Aaron took a wijf, Elizabeth, the douytir of Amynadab, the sistr of Naason.
      [And] Aaron took a wife, Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon.

Descendants

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  • English: Elizabeth

Old English

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Proper noun

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Elizabeth f

  1. alternative form of Elizabeþ

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Elizabeth

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Elizabeth f

  1. a female given name
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