This is my middle name and I honestly LOVE IT! Elisabeth, The name Elisheba/ Elizabeth means God Of Seven and God Of Oath, which is not all that strange. My personal favorites are Liz and Lizzie, but there's also Libby, Bess, Beth, Ellie, Eliza, Betty, etc. Also in play is the fashionable Eliza. Elizabeth suddenly struck me as a perfect solution! People having the name Elizabeth are in general originating from Armenia, Belgium, Canada, Ecuador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, Malta, Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America. Elizabeth is nice, and I agree with Stella Philips. Required fields are marked *. It's a perfectly reasonable fear! That's exactly how I feel about this name. (might be a little stretch but it's still cute :P). Each letter contained in the name is assigned a number. Numerology offers an insight into the personality by assigning numeric values to the letters contained in names. It has been very popular in England since the reign of Romeo Elizabeth I in the 16th century. My favorite nickname is just Liz, it's just so simple, and most Elizabeths in my grade are Ellies or Elizabeths. Find all the relevant details about the meaning, origin, lucky number and religion is available in this page. I LOVE that if you name a baby Elizabeth she can have nick-names to suit her personality and individual style at each stage of her life. I will say that I am so grateful my mom chose Elizabeth for my name. I'm so tired of loving a name only to have others be so harsh about similarities which in the end are minute. It's one of my favourites and the nicknames possibilities are unlimited! My 3 little boys are insisting on calling our new baby "Izzy" which is adorable but I am not connecting with any of the usual names it's a nickname for.
I want to like it. This name is perfect for nick names! Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. You will receive an email (no more than once per day) summarizing any new mentions of Elizabeth on Nameberry. I think my favorite nickname for Elizabeth is Beth. That's if we have a girl. is a set of words used to stand for the letters of an alphabet in oral communication. Another memorable bearer was Elizabeth Taylor—who hated to be called Liz. ;) Sadly I rarely meet other Elizabeths nowadays. From Ελισαβετ (Elisabet), the Greek form of the Hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע (‘Elisheva’) meaning “my God is an oath” or perhaps “my God is abundance”. Elizabeth was mother of John the Baptist in the bible. Another Biblical name with two meanings, one of which having to do with a number, is Gethsemane. This is my name, but I'm an atheist! One of the most frequently used names in England. That's when it hit me, the nicknames for Elizabeth are amazing. In American Baby Names the meaning of the name Elizabeth is: From the Hebrew Elisheba, meaning either oath of God, or God is satisfaction. It ranked 8,314 in baby name popularity for boys with 9 occurrences. The gender associated with the name might be incorrect, as the data presents the record applications without being edited for errors.