Lizbeth
- Pronunciation
- [Liz-beth]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Devoted To God
- Origin
- Hebrew
About the Name Lizbeth
Lizbeth is a short form of Elizabeth, the Hebrew name Elisheba meaning "my God is an oath" or "devoted to God" — one of the most durable names in the entire Western naming tradition, carried by queens, saints, and matriarchs across three millennia. Where Elizabeth is the full ceremonial form, Lizbeth trims the opening syllable to create a warmer, more intimate variant that retains the name's biblical depth while offering a softer spoken profile. The form Lizbeth sits between the very short Liz and the longer Lizabeth or Lisabeth, and its slightly unusual orthography — ending in -beth rather than the more common -beth of Elizabeth — gives it a faintly literary quality.
The name appeals to parents drawn to Elizabeth's heritage who want a form that feels less formal and more approachable on a child. Its two-syllable compact structure, beginning with the bright Liz- sound and closing on the resonant -beth, makes it easy to say and easy to remember. The extended family of Elizabeth short forms and respellings is unusually large, reflecting centuries of creative personalisation around a single revered root.
Lizbeth first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and peaked at #133 in 2002, accumulating 16,229 top-1000 births before dropping out of the charts after 2017, when it ranked #922 with 289 births. Recorded variants and related forms include Lisabet, Lisabeth, Lisabette, Lisbet, Lizabeth, Lizbet, and Lyzbeth.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Lizbeth
US Popularity History (2000–2017)
Annual US births named Lizbeth by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2002 with 2,569 girls named Lizbeth (girl rank #133 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2017, ranked #922 for girls (289 US births). That's 789 places below its 2002 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Lizbeth Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Lizbeth the strongest states are California, Alabama, Oklahoma.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #582 | 556 |
| 2 | Alabama | #744 | 19 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | #763 | 16 |
| 4 | New Jersey | #829 | 64 |
| 5 | Texas | #840 | 300 |
| 6 | Colorado | #859 | 18 |
| 7 | New York | #881 | 93 |
| 8 | Illinois | #947 | 66 |
| 9 | North Carolina | #1,006 | 47 |
| 10 | Florida | #1,007 | 64 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | #1,007 | 64 |
| 2 | North Carolina | #1,006 | 47 |
| 3 | Illinois | #947 | 66 |
| 4 | New York | #881 | 93 |
| 5 | Colorado | #859 | 18 |
| 6 | Texas | #840 | 300 |
| 7 | New Jersey | #829 | 64 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | #763 | 16 |
| 9 | Alabama | #744 | 19 |
| 10 | California | #582 | 556 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Lizbeth in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisabet | Devoted To God | Female | Hebrew |
| Lisabeth | Abbreviation Of Elizabeth. | Female | English |
| Lisabette | Devoted To God | Female | Hebrew |
| Lisbet | Abbreviation Of Elizabeth. | Female | English |
| Lizabeth | Abbreviation Of Elizabeth. | Female | English |
| Lizbet | Abbreviation Of Elizabeth. | Female | English |
| Lyzbeth | Abbreviation Of Elizabeth. | Female | English |
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Compare Lizbeth to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Lizbeth against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).