Elizabeth
Meanings
name
- A female given name from Hebrew, popular since the 16th century.
- A surname originating as a matronymic.
- A suburb of Adelaide, Australia; named for Elizabeth II.
- A locale in the United States.
- An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
- A town in Colorado; named for a family member of John Evans, 2nd Governor of the Territory of Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Georgia; named for Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Georgia senator Joseph E. Brown.
- A village in Illinois; said to be named for three early settlers all named Elizabeth.
- A town in Indiana; named for Elizabeth Lemmon Zenor, daughter-in-law of early landowner Jacob Zenor.
- A village in Allen Parish, Louisiana.
- A city in Minnesota; named for early settler Elizabeth Niggler.
- A city, the county seat of Union County, New Jersey; named for Elizabeth de Carteret, wife of George Carteret, one of two original Lords Proprietor of the Colony New Jersey.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔil- Biblical Hebrew אֵל (el) Biblical Hebrew נִשְׁבַּע (nishbá') Biblical Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʾĕlîšeḇaʿ)bor. Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet)der. Middle English Elizabeth English Elizabeth From Middle English Elizabeth, from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Old Testament Biblical Hebrew אלישבע (ʔĕlîšeḇaʕ, “my God is an oath”). See El and שבועה. Doublet of Elisheba and Isabel.
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