Meaning of the nameElisabeth

Elisabeth is a female name of Hebrew origin, the German and Dutch spelling of Elisabete, from the Hebrew Elisheva, 'my God is an oath'.

Meaning

“'my God is an oath', from Hebrew Elisheva”

Source: Wiktionary: Elisabeth

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People (2022): 25,433
Rank in Brazil: #911
Median age: 57 years
2010 Census: 22,080; people

Elisabeth in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Elisabeth, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (6,849 people).

25,335 women 98 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Elisabeth is most common

States with the highest share of people named Elisabeth in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	7,892	0.018%
Rio de Janeiro	4,654	0.029%
Minas Gerais	2,669	0.013%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,737	0.016%
Santa Catarina	1,115	0.015%
Paraná	1,105	0.010%
Bahia	849	0.006%
Pernambuco	599	0.007%
Goiás	572	0.008%
Pará	525	0.007%
Espírito Santo	492	0.013%
Maranhão	467	0.007%
Ceará	426	0.005%
Distrito Federal	351	0.013%
Paraíba	329	0.008%
Mato Grosso do Sul	231	0.008%
Mato Grosso	230	0.006%
Amazonas	223	0.006%
Rio Grande do Norte	194	0.006%
Alagoas	188	0.006%
Piauí	164	0.005%
Sergipe	150	0.007%
Rondônia	78	0.005%
Tocantins	76	0.005%
Amapá	48	0.007%
Roraima	43	0.007%
Acre	26	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Elisabeth

Elisabeth comes from the Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva), 'my God is an oath', according to Wiktionary; in the New Testament, it is the name of the mother of John the Baptist. Behind the Name describes it as the German and Dutch form of Elizabeth, also used in English because it is the spelling in the King James Version of the English Bible. In Portuguese, Wiktionary records the name as Elisabete. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 25,433 people named Elisabeth, with a median age of 57. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

This is the most common spelling in the group, with the final th of the German and Dutch forms.

Other spellings of Elisabeth

Spelling	People (2022)
Elisabeth	25,433
Elisabet	2,171

Sources

Wiktionary: Elisabeth · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Elisabete · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Elisabet · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Behind the Name: Elisabeth · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Elisabeth

What does the name Elisabeth mean?

Elisabeth means “'my God is an oath', from Hebrew Elisheva”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Elisabeth in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 25,433 people with the first name Elisabeth, which ranks it number 911 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Elisabeth a boy's or a girl's name?

Elisabeth is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 25,335 women and 98 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Elisabeth?

Elisabeth is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Elisabeth most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.029% of the state's population is named Elisabeth (4,654 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Elisabeth?

Elisabet. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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