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Elisabetta
Say it: eh-lee-zah-BET-tah
Meaning
From Hebrew Elisheva, usually explained as 'my God is an oath'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 305 babies given this name since 1965
- At its height in 2014, about 1 in 89,200 girls
- 12 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Lisabetta
| English | Elizabeth |
|---|---|
| French | Élisabeth |
| German | Elisabeth |
| Spanish | Isabel |
Famous bearers
- Elisabetta Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.