Elizabeth is a girl's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “My God is an oath.” In 2024 it was given to 6,878 girls in the United States.
Elizabeth at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Biblical & Christian · English & American
Meaning
“My God is an oath”
Pronunciation
/ɪˈlɪzəbəθ/
Also spelled
Elisheva
About the name Elizabeth
Elizabeth belongs to the Biblical & Christian and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “My God is an oath” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Elisheva.
In the United States, Elizabeth first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3 in 1887, and in 2024 6,878 babies received the name — 1,681,878 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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