Elizabeth is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
The first name Elizabeth is one of the top 100 most popular girls names in the US – currently at #13 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Elizabeth, accounting for approximately 0.50 % of all newborn girls. In total, there are currently 1,558,855 people – children, adults and seniors – named Elizabeth living in the United States, which is approximately 0.47 % of the entire population.
The given name Elizabeth has always been used in many different variants around the world. The name is a variation of the Hebrew Elischeva, which is composed of the Hebrew words ‘el’ (‘the powerful, God’), ‘sheba’ (‘seven’) and ‘saba’ (the oath). The name therefore means as much as ‘My God is abudance’ or ‘My God is an oath’.
Queen Elizabeth II (1926 – 2022)
Queen Elizabeth II, born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, was officially crowned Queen in 1953 at the age of 26. Her coronation was the first royal event to be televised. She sat on the throne for 70 years, longer than any other British Royal ever before her. The United Kingdom celebrated her 70th anniversary with a national holiday in 2022 before she died in September that year at the age of 96.
Elizabeth Taylor (1932 – 2011)
Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, better known as "Liz" Taylor, starred in numerous successful films, won two Oscars and used her fame to draw attention to political and social issues. "Giant" (1956) is considered to be one of her most common films. It also starred Rock Hudson and James Dean and earned her her first Academy Award. She had been the Leading Lady of Hollywood studio "MGM" from 1949 to 1955.
Elizabeth Warren (*1949)
Elizabeth Ann Warren is an American lawyer and politician of the Democratic Party. She is well known as a representative for the state of Massachusetts in the United States Senate. As a professor at Harvard Law School, she was an expert on consumer bankruptcy and initiated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau established under President Barack Obama. She ran in her party's primary for the 2020 presidential nomination, but withdrew after poor results on Super Tuesday.
Lana Del Rey (*1985)
The American singer-songwriter Elizabeth Woolridge Grant is commonly known as "Lana Del Rey". She first gained recognition in 2011 with the release of her debut album "Born to Die," which featured the hit single "Video Games." Her songs show elements of various genres such as indie rock, trip hop, and blues. One of her most successful singles is "Summertime Sadness". In total she has sold over 30 million records worldwide which makes her one of the most popular contemporary female singers.
When you hear the name Elizabeth, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Elizabeth? Are you also called Elizabeth? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
is a part of a metro station in Brussels. The station is connected to the Simonis metro station and takes its name from the nearby Elisabeth Park.
You can find the Elizabeth Reef, a coral reef, in the Coral Sea in east of New South Wales, Australia.
Located in South Australia in the Adelaide metropolitan area, you will find a suburb called Elizabeth, which was formerly part of the City of Elizabeth.
several ships, from schooners to frigates, were named HMS Elizabeth. Most of these ships have been named in honour of Queen Elizabeth I of England
History tends to focus on the most famous and best. But even those who play second fiddle leave their mark: Elizabeth is one of those names without which the orchestra would be incomplete. In fact, Elizabeth has reached the SmartGenius top ranking #3 more than once, although the last time was a long time ago, way back in the 19th century in 1892. But even though the peak of its popularity was more than 100 years ago, the name Elizabeth has been given to newborn girls every year since records began. Elizabeth is of exceptional enduring popularity, that conveys the classic vibes of the19th century.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Elizabeth was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
The popularity of the name Elizabeth peaked a very long time ago, but the name has nevertheless arrived in the 21st century. In 2022, it ranked #15 in our statistics - perhaps a far cry from when your ancestors were children and Elizabeth made it into the top ten more than once, but then again: traditional names often prove to be perennial favorites - so, maybe it's only a matter of time before Elizabeth hits the top again.
Elizabeth is one of the most common names in the U.S. – in all states combined, 1,557,312 women would currently turn around if you called out ELIZABETH really loud. Across all states and age groups, this lands Elizabeth on position 2 in our SmartGenius ranking of the top female names – of course, the current popularity as a baby name for newborns looks somewhat different, as you can see from the statistics above. With so many women named Elizabeth, it’s no surprise that the name is widely used in every single state in the U.S., but would you have guessed that it’s especially popular in Delaware? Here, 1,73% of all female residents bear the name Elizabeth – that is a total of 5,165 women with this popular name and no other state has as many women named Elizabeth relative to its population. But that’s not all the popularity: in Delaware Elizabeth belongs to the top 10 of all womens names – the 5,165 elevate their name up to place #2 in the SmartGenius ranking of the most common female names for Delaware.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter E is neither particularly common nor particularly rare as a first letter for girls' names: 3.9% of all common girls' names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of girls' names, by the way, are A, S and M, while U, X and Q are the least common initials of girls' names.
With nine letters, the name Elizabeth is relatively long compared to other names. In fact, 5.6% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly nine letters. 92% of all first names are shorter, while not even 2.5% of all boys’ and girls’ names use ten or more letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 3.9%, E as the first letter in girls' names is almost as common as all 26 letters on average - and of all the girls' names that start with an E, Elizabeth is the most common.
If your name is Elizabeth and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Elizabeth, you can simply say:
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Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
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Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Elizabeth sounds like this:
