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 [ syll. el-(s)pet(h), els-pe-th ] The girl name Elspeth is pronounced ahLSPEH-TH KEY. Elspeth's origin is Hebrew, and its use, English and Scottish. The name developed as a diminutive of Elizabeth in the 19th century. Elspeth is a short form of the English Elizabeth in the English and Scottish languages. Forms of Elspeth include the pet forms Elsa (English, Finnish, German, Scandinavian, and Scottish), Elsie (English and Scottish), and Elspie (Scottish), and the variant spelling Elspet (Scottish). Elspeth is an irregularly used baby girl name. It is not ranked within the top 1000. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly linked to Elspeth, the English Elizabeth was the most commonly used. Baby names that sound like Elspeth include the Scottish Elspet, the Czech Alzbeta, the Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, and Scandinavian Elisabeth, and the French Élisabeth. A famous person named Elspeth is Author Elspeth Huxley, born Elspeth Joscelin Huxley July 23, 1907 - January 10, 1997, British East Africa. KEY: approx pronunciation for Elspeth: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)"   |
