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 [ 4 syll. e-li-sa-bet(h), el-isabe-th ] The girl name Elisabeth is pronounced ahLIHZahBEHTH KEY. Elisabeth is of Hebrew origin, and it is used mainly in Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, and Scandinavian. Elisabeth is a spelling variant of the English Elizabeth. The short forms Elisa (English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Els (Dutch), Elsa (English, Finnish, German, Scandinavian, and Scottish), Elsbeth (German), Else (English, German, and Scandinavian), Élise (French), Ilse (Dutch and German), Lies (Dutch and German), Liesa (German), Liesbeth (Dutch and German), Liese (Dutch and German), Lisa (Albanian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Scandinavian), Lisbeth (English and German), and Lise (English, French, German, and Scandinavian), and the pet forms Elli (German), Elly (Dutch), Elsi (English and German), Lieschen (German), Liesel (German), Lili (German), Lilli (German), Lilly (English), Lisette (French and German), Liska (Scandinavian), Lysette (French), Sissi (German), and Sissy (German) are variants of the name. Elisabeth is an all-time favorite. At present it is still fairly popular as a baby name for girls, though it was in more widespread use in the past. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1940s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2001 with 0.055% of baby girls being named Elisabeth. It ranked at #286 then. In 2008, it ranked at #525 with a usage of 0.028%, and it was the 3rd most popular after the English Elizabeth and the English Lilly, among all girl names in its group. It was used 21 times more than Elisabeth in 2008. Baby names that sound like Elisabeth include the French Élisabeth, the Czech Alzbeta, the Scottish Elspet, and the English and Scottish Elspeth. A famous person named Elisabeth is Actress Elisabeth Harnois, born 15 May 1979, Detroit, Michigan. KEY: Pronunciation for Elisabeth: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)"   |
