Elizabeth (given name)
Pronunciation | /ɪˈlɪzəbəθ/ |
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Gender | Female |
Language(s) | English |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Hebrew |
Derivation | Elisheva |
Meaning | My God is an oath |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Elisabeth |
Related names |
Elizabeth is a feminine given name, a variation of the Hebrew name Elisheva (אֱלִישֶׁבַע), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance",[citation needed] as rendered in the Septuagint.[citation needed]
Occurrence in the Bible[edit]
"Elizabeth" appears in the Hebrew Bible as the name of Aaron's wife ("Elisheva" in the Hebrew Bible), and in the New Testament as the name of the wife of the priest Zechariah and mother of John the Baptist. It has also been the name of several saints and queens.
Statistics[edit]
The name has many variants in use across the world and has been in consistent use worldwide. Elizabeth was the tenth most popular name given to baby girls in the United States in 2007 and has been among the 25 most popular names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It is the only name that remained in the top ten US girls' names list from 1925 to 1972.[1]
In the early 21st century, Elizabeth has been among the top 50 names given to girls in the past 10 years born in England and Wales, as well Canada and Australia, and has been in the top 100 most popular names given to baby girls born in Scotland and Ireland. Elizaveta (Eлизaвeтa), a Russian form of the name, has been in the top 10 names given to baby girls born in Moscow, Russia in the past 10 years. The name is also popular in Ukraine and Belarus.
Name variants[edit]
- Elisabeta, Elisa, Liza, Izabela (Albanian)
- أليصابات, أليشابع, إِلِيزَابِيث ('Alīṣābāt, 'Alīshābaʻ, Ilīzābīth) (Arabic)
- Ilisapesi (Tongan)
- Irihāpeti, Elisapeta (Māori)
- ელისაბედ (Elisabed) (Georgian)
- Aelswith, Aelswithia, Elesabeth, Elyzabeth (English)
- Ⲉⲗⲉⲥⲁⲃⲏⲕ (Ilisabek) (Coptic)
- Alžběta, Eliška (Czech)
- Alžbeta (Slovak)
- Ealasaid (Scottish Gaelic)
- Ealisaid (Manx)
- Eibhlís, Eilís, Éilis, Isibéal (Irish)
- Elesbed (Breton)
- Elizabete, Isabel, Elisabete (Portuguese)
- Eliisabet, Eliise (Estonian)
- Elikapeka (Hawaiian)
- Elisa (Turkish)
- Elizabeti (Swahili)
- Elizabeth, Elisabet, Elisabeth (Indonesian)
- Elisabet (Catalan, Danish, Finnish, German, Spanish, Swedish)
- Elísabet (Icelandic)
- Elisabeta (Romanian)
- Élisabeth, Élizabeth (French)
- Elisabeth (Catalan, Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish)
- Elizabeto (Esperanto)
- Elisabetta (Italian)
- Ελισάβετ (Elisávet), Ζαμπέτα (Zabéta) (Greek)
- Eлисавета (Elisaveta) (Bulgarian)
- Альжбета (Alžbieta) (Belarusian)
- אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elisheba, Elisheva) (Hebrew)
- Elixabete (Basque)
- Elizabeta (Albanian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovene)
- Elizabete (Basque, Latvian)
- 엘리자베스 (Ellijabeseu) (Korean)
- Elishua (Malayalam)
- Elsebeth (Danish)
- Elsbeth (Dutch, German, Scots, Swiss German)
- Elspeth (Scots)
- Êlizabét (Vietnamese)
- Елизабета, Јелисавета (Elizabeta, Jelisaveta) (Serbian, Macedonian)
- Елизaвета, Элизабет (Yelizaveta, Elizabet) (Russian)
- Єлизавета, Елізабет (Yelyzaveta, Elizabet) (Ukrainian)
- Elžbieta, Elzbute (Lithuanian)
- Elżbieta, Izabela (Polish)
- エリザベス (Erizabesu) (Japanese)
- Erzsébet (Hungarian)
- Isabella (Italian, Dutch)
- Isabelle (French, Dutch)
- Isabel (Spanish, Dutch)
- Եղիսաբեթ (Yeghisabet), Ելսաբեթ (Elsabet) (Armenian)
- 伊丽莎白; Yī lì shā bái (Chinese, simplified)
- 伊麗莎白; Yīlìshābái (Chinese, traditional)
- এলিজাবেথ (Ēlijābētha) (Bengali)
- એલિઝાબેથ (Ēlijhābētha) (Gujarati)
- एलिज़ाबेथ (Ēlizābētha) (Hindi)
- ಎಲಿಜಬೆತ್ (Elijabet) (Kannada)
- एलिझाबेथ (Ēlijhābētha) (Marathi)
- Элизабет (Elizabyet) (Mongolian)
- एलिजाबेथ (Ēlijābētha) (Nepali)
- الیزابت (Alazabt) (Persian/Farsi)
- ਇਲੀਸਬਤ (Ilīsabata) (Punjabi)
- எலிசபெத் (Elicapet) (Tamil)
- ఎలిజబెత్ (Elijabet) (Telugu)
- เอลิซาเบธ (Elisābeṭh) (Thai)
- الزبتھ (Elizebath) (Urdu)
- עליזאַבעטה (Eʻlyzabeta) (Yiddish)
Diminutives[edit]
- Chabela, Isabelita, Ybel, Ysabel, Yzabel, Yzabela (Spanish)
- Erzsi (Hungarian)
- Isabeau (French)
- Isabel (Catalan, English, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, French)
- Isabela (Spanish, Portuguese)
- Isabell (English, German, Norwegian)
- Isabella (Dutch, English, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish)
- Isabelle (English, French, German)
- Isave (Vietnamese)
- Isbal, Ysbal (Manx)
- Isbel, Isebella, Izabelle, Lisabeth, Lizabeth, Sabella, Sissy (English)
- Iseabail (Scottish Gaelic)
- Ishbel, Isobel (Scots)
- Isibéal, Sibéal (Irish)
- Izabel (Portuguese (archaic), Spanish, Polish)
- Izabela (Czech, Polish)
- Izabella (Hungarian, Polish)
- Lettie (Greek, Latin)
- Liesbeth, Lijsbeth (Dutch)
- Lisabella (Italian)
- Lisbet (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish)
- Lisbeth (German, Norwegian, Danish)
- Lizbeth (Spanish, chiefly Latin American)
- Sabela (Galician)
- Špela (Slovene)
- Zabel, Liza (Armenian)
- Λίζα, Βέτα (Liza, Veta) (Greek)
- Јелисавка, Савета, Савка (Jelisavka, Saveta, Savka) (Serbian)
- Лизa (Liza) (Russian, Serbian)
- Ліза (Liza) (Ukrainian, Belarusian)
- Лісавета (Lisaveta) (Ukrainian)
- ლიზა, ლიზი, ლიზიკო (Liza, Lizi, Liziko) (Georgian)
First half[edit]
- Ailsa (Danish)
- Aley, Aleyamma, Aleykutty (Malayalam)
- Alzira, Elisete, Lilianna (Portuguese)
- Ealee, Ealish (Manx)
- Eilís, Éilis (Irish language)
- Ela, Elunia, Elzira, Elżunia (Polish)
- Elbie (Afrikaans)
- Elise, Ella, Ellisif (Norwegian)
- El, Elly, (English, Dutch)
- Eli (Catalan, English, Spanish)
- Eli, Eliamma (Malayalam)
- Eliisa (Finnish)
- Elis, Elschen (German)
- Elisa (Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Portuguese)
- Élise, Elysée, Liset, Lisette, Lizette, Lysa, (French)
- Eliška (Czech) and (Slovak)
- Elina, Elena (Bulgarian)
- Eliso, Lizi (Georgian)
- Elissa (English, Norwegian)
- Eliza (Albanian, English, Polish)
- Elka (Albanian, Polish)
- Ellee, Elsie, Elyse, Leesa, Lizzy, Liz, Lysette (English)
- Elli (Finnish, German)
- Ellie (Origin unknown)
- Els, Liesje, Liselot, (Dutch)
- Elsa (Catalan, Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish)
- Else (Danish, German, Norwegian)
- Elts, Liis, Liisbet, Liisu (Estonian)
- Elza (Hebrew)
- Elzė (Lithuanian)
- Erzsi, Lilike, Zsóka (Hungarian)
- Ilsa, Liesa, Lieschen, Liese, Liesel, Liesl, Lilli, Lys (German)
- Ilse (Dutch, German)
- Isa (Spanish, Portuguese)
- Issa, Iza, Liseta, Yza (Spanish)
- Izzie (English)
- Izzy (English, Norwegian)
- Lela (Serbian)
- Lies (Dutch, German)
- Lieselotte (German, Swedish)
- Liisa, Liisi, (Estonian, Finnish)
- Lila (mostly for kids) (Catalan, Polish)
- Lili (French, Polish)
- Liliana, Liliani (Indonesian)
- Lis (Danish, English, Norwegian, Swedish)
- Lisa (Catalan, Danish, English, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Welsh)
- Lisanne (Dutch, English, Norwegian)
- Lise (French, Norwegian)
- Liselotte (Danish, German, Norwegian)
- Lisen (Swedish)
- Liz, Liza (English, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian)
- Lizina (Latvian)
- Lizzie, Lizzy (English, Norwegian)
Middle[edit]
- Babette (French)
- Ibbie, Ibby, Issy, Issie, Libby, Libbie, Liddy, Liddie (English)
- Liba (archaic, rural areas) (Catalan)
- Isa (German)
Second half[edit]
- Beileag (Scottish Gaelic)
- Bel (Catalan)
- Belita (Spanish)
- Bella (Italian)
- Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Betsey, Bette, Bettie, Betty, Bettye, Bitsy, Buffy, Zabeth (English)
- Běta, Bětka, Bětuška (Czech)
- Bethan, Betsan (Welsh)
- Betka (Slovak)
- Betta (Italian)
- Betti (German)
- Bettina (German, Italian, Hungarian)
- Etti, Etty, Essie, Ettie (Estonian)
People with the given name[edit]
Royalty[edit]
- Empress Elizabeth, lists various empresses named Elizabeth
- Queen Elizabeth, lists various queens named Elizabeth
- Elizabeth I (1533–1603; r. 1558–1603), queen regnant of England and Ireland
- Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900–2002), queen consort of the United Kingdom and British Dominions, mother of Elizabeth II
- Elizabeth II (1926–2022; r. 1952–2022), queen regnant of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms
- Princess Elizabeth, lists various princesses named Elizabeth
Other aristocrats[edit]
- Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter (1363–1426), younger daughter and second surviving child of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Blanche of Lancaster
- Elisabeth von Matsch, (1380s—around 1439), last countess of Toggenburg
- Elizabeth Báthory (1560–1614), niece of the Polish King Stephen Báthory; Hungarian countess and murderer
Saints[edit]
- Elizabeth (1st century BC), the mother of John the Baptist
- Elisabeth of Schönau (1129–1164), a German Benedictine visionary
- Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231), the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary
- Elizabeth of Aragon or Elizabeth of Portugal (1271–1336), Queen consort of Portugal
- Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821), the first canonized "American" saint
- Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864–1918), Eastern Orthodox saint and wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
- Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880–1906), French Carmelite nun
Others[edit]
- Elizabeth Abbott (born 1946), Canadian writer, historian, and animal rights activist
- Elizabeth Abel, American literary scholar
- Elizabeth Acevedo (born 1988), Dominican-American poet and author
- Elizabeth Achtemeier (1926–2002), American ordained Presbyterian minister, bible professor and author
- Elizabeth Ackroyd (1910–1987), British civil servant
- Elizabeth Acuei Yol, South Sudanese politician
- Elizabeth Adams, multiple people
- Elizabeth Adare (born 1949), English television actor
- Elizabeth Addo (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer
- Elizabeth C. Addoms (1905–1983), American physical therapist
- Elizabeth Adekogbe (1919–1968), Nigerian women's rights activist
- Elizabeth Adjei, Ghanaian diplomat
- Elizabeth Adkins-Regan (born 1945), American neuroendocrinologist
- Elizabeth Adler, British author
- Elizabeth Afoley Quaye (born 1970), Ghanaian politician
- Elizabeth Agyemang (born 1949), Ghanaian politician
- Elizabeth Aipira, Malawian politician
- Elizabeth Akehurst (born 1975), South African cricketer
- Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911), American poet and journalist
- Elizabeth Akinyi, Kenyan boxer
- Elizabeth Alden Curtis Holman (1878/1879–?), American writer
- Elizabeth Alderfer (born 1986), American actress
- Elizabeth Aldrich (born 1947), American dance historian
- Elizabeth Alex, American news anchor
- Elizabeth Alexander, multiple people
- Elizabeth Alfred (1914–2015), Australian Anglican deaconess
- Elizabeth Algrávez, Mexican poet, translator and editor
- Elizabeth Alkin, British nurse and spy
- Elizabeth Allan (1910–1990), English actress
- Elizabeth Allen, multiple people
- Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, American film and TV director
- Elizabeth Alley (1955–2013), American actress
- Elizabeth Allgeier (1941–2016), American psychologist and sexologist
- Elizabeth S. Allman, American mathematician
- Elizabeth Allston Pringle (1845–1921), American author
- Elizabeth Almada, Argentine athlete
- Elizabeth Alpha-Lavalie (1947–2013), Sierra Leonean politician
- Elizabeth Altmaier (born 1952), academic counseling psychologist
- Elizabeth Álvarez (born 1977), Mexican telenovela actress
- Elizabeth Amber, American novelist
- Elizabeth Ames Jones (born 1956), American politician
- Elizabeth Amherst Hale (1774–1826), Canadian artist
- Elizabeth Ammon, British cricket journalist
- Elizabeth Ammons (born 1943), American literary scholar
- Elizabeth Ammons Larsen (1893–1990), American First Lady of American Samoa and First Lady of Guam
- Elizabeth Amoaa (born 1983), Ghanaian advocate
- Elizabeth Amoah Tetteh (born 1945), educationist and Ghanaian politician
- Elizabeth Amolofo (born 1981), Ghanaian sprinter
- Elizabeth Amsden (1881–1966), American actress
- Elizabeth Amukugo (born 1954), Namibian politician
- Elizabeth Anderton (born 1938), British ballet dancer and director
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836–1917), English physician, doctor and feminist
- Elizabeth Andiego (born 1986), Kenyan boxer
- Elizabeth Andrew Warren (1786–1864), Cornish botanist
- Elizabeth Andrews (1882–1960), first woman organiser of the Labour Party in Wales
- Elizabeth B. Andrews (1911–2002), American politician
- Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq (1916–2003), Canadian Inuk textile artist
- Elizabeth Anionwu (born 1947), British nurse, professor and activist
- Elizabeth Anton (born 1998), New Zealand association football player
- Elizabeth Anyakoha, professor of home economics education in Nigeria
- Elizabeth Anyanacho (born 1999), Nigerian taekwondo practitioner
- Elizabeth Apsley (died 1626), English courtier
- Elizabeth Arciniega, Mexican-Swiss actress
- Elizabeth Arden (1881–1966), American businesswoman
- Elizabeth Arhin, Ghanaian executive
- Elizabeth Armistead (1750–1842), English courtesan
- Elizabeth Armstrong, multiple people
- Elizabeth Arnold, multiple people
- Elizabeth Aro, Argentine artist
- Elizabeth Arrieta (1960–2019), Uruguayan politician and engineer
- Elizabeth P. Arriola (1928–2002), Democratic Party of Guam politician
- Elizabeth Barr Arthur (1884–1971), American poet, author, journalist, librarian, and suffragist
- Elizabeth Ashbridge (1713–1755), Quaker minister and autobiographer
- Elizabeth Ashburn Duke (born 1952), American Federal Reserve Governor
- Elizabeth Ashley (born 1939), American actress
- Elizabeth Ashman Rowe, American historian
- Elizabeth Ashton (born 1950), Canadian equestrian
- Elizabeth Ashurst Biggs (1839–1905), English Victorian-era novelist and activist
- Elizabeth Asiedu, Ghanaian economist
- Elizabeth Mary Aslin (1923–1989), English art historian, administrator, author and lecturer
- Elizabeth Astete (born 1952), Foreign Minister of Peru
- Elizabeth Aston (1948–2016), English author
- Elizabeth Atherton, British lyric soprano
- Elizabeth Ativie, Nigerian politician
- Elizabeth Emerson Atwater (1812–1878), naturalist, botanist and botanical collector
- Elizabeth Augustus Whitehead (1928–1983), American classical archaeologist
- Elizabeth Austin, multiple people
- Elizabeth Avellán (born 1960), Venezuelan-American film producer
- Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi (1910–1971), Nigerian physician
- Elizabeth Awut Ngor, South Sudanese Anglican bishop
- Elizabeth Axtman (born 1980), American artist
- Elizabeth Ayer (1897–1987), American architect
- Elizabeth Ayoub, Venezuelan musical artist
- Elizabeth Azcona Bocock (born 1969), Honduran politician
- Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell (1933–2004), Argentine poet, storyteller, writer, translator and literary critic
- Elizabeth Bachinsky (born 1976), Canadian poet
- Elizabeth Backhouse (1917–2013), Australian novelist, scriptwriter and playwright
- Elizabeth Bacon, multiple people
- Elizabeth R. Baer (born 1946), American academic
- Elizabeth Bagley (born 1952), American diplomat
- Elizabeth Bagshaw (1881–1982), Canadian doctor
- Elizabeth Baidu (born 1978), Ghanaian footballer
- Elizabeth Bailey (1938–2022), American economist
- Elizabeth Bainbridge (born 1930), British opera singer
- Elizabeth Baird (1810–1890), American writer
- Elizabeth Baity (1907–1989), American children's author
- Elizabeth Baker, multiple people
- Elizabeth Baldwin Garland (1930–2020), American archaeologist
- Elizabeth Balfour, multiple people
- Elizabeth Ball, multiple people
- Elizabeth Balneaves (1911–2006), Scottish author, painter and filmmaker
- Elizabeth Balogun (born 2000), Nigerian basketball player
- Elizabeth Banks, multiple people
- Elizabeth Bannan (1909–1977), Australian educationist
- Elizabeth Bannister (1757–1849), British actress and singer
- Elizabeth Baranger (1927–2019), American physicist and academic administrator
- Elizabeth Barker, multiple people
- Elizabeth Barlow, multiple people
- Elizabeth Barnard (1608–1670), granddaughter of William Shakespeare
- Elizabeth Barnes, American philosopher
- Elizabeth A. Barnes, American climate scientist
- Elizabeth Baron (1910–?), Australian screenwriter
- Elizabeth Barr (1905–1995), Scottish minister
- Elizabeth Barraclough, American musician
- Elizabeth Barret, American documentary filmmaker
- Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson (born 1953), Guamanian lawyer, judge and politician
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), Victorian era poet
- Elizabeth Barrow, multiple people
- Elizabeth Barry (1658–1713), English actress
- Elizabeth Bartholet, American academic
- Elizabeth Ann Bartholomew (1912–1985), American botanist
- Elizabeth Bartlet, multiple people
- Elizabeth Bartlett, multiple people
- Elizabeth Barton (1506–1534), English Catholic nun and martyr
- Elizabeth Bass (1876–1956), American physician
- Elizabeth Bassett, multiple people
- Elizabeth Bates (1947–2003), American cognitive scientist
- Elizabeth Bath (1776–1844), English poet
- Elizabeth Bather (1904–1988), British police officer
- Elizabeth Bathurst, English Quaker writer
- Elizabeth Batts Cook (1742–1835), wife and widow of Captain James Cook
- Elizabeth Bauer Mock (1911–1998), American architect
- Elizabeth Baur (1947–2017), American actress
- Elisabeth Bauriedel (born 1939), German politician
- Elizabeth Beach Keller (1918–1997), American biochemist
- Elizabeth Bear (born 1971), American author
- Elizabeth Beardsley Butler (1884–1911), American social investigator
- Elizabeth Beauchamp, Baroness Bergavenny (1415–1448), English baroness
- Elizabeth Becker (born 1947), American author and journalist
- Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (1903–1989), American diver
- Elizabeth Beckley (c. 1846–1927), British astronomical photographer
- Elizabeth Beecher (1898–1973), American screenwriter
- Elizabeth Beecroft (1748–1812), English iron manufacturer and butter seller
- Elizabeth Beikiriize Karungi (born 1976), Ugandan politician
- Elizabeth Beise, American professor of physics
- Elizabeth Beisel (born 1992), American competition swimmer
- Elizabeth Belding, computer scientist
- Elizabeth Bell, multiple people
- Elizabeth Bellamy, multiple people
- Elizabeth Benedict, American author
- Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827), English biographer, novelist and poet
- Elizabeth Benjamin, American TV writer and producer
- Elizabeth Benjamin (journalist), American journalist
- Elizabeth Bennett, multiple people
- Elizabeth Bennett-Parker, House of Delegates member of Virginia
- Elizabeth Benson, multiple people
- Elizabeth Bentley, multiple people
- Elizabeth Berg, multiple people
- Élisabeth Bergeron (1851–1936), Canadian Venerable religious servant
- Elizabeth Berkeley, multiple people
- Elizabeth Berkley (born 1972), American actress
- Elizabeth Berlay (died 1518), English lady in waiting
- Elizabeth Bernstein (born 1968), American sociologist
- Elizabeth Berridge, multiple people
- Elizabeth Berrington (born 1970), English actress
- Elizabeth Bertram, nursing sister
- Elizabeth Bertrand (1760–1827), Anishinaaabe fur trader and leader
- Elizabeth Best, Australian writer
- Elizabeth Bevarly, American writer
- Elizabeth Beverley (1792–1832), English pamphleteer
- Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945), English writer and socialite
- Elizabeth Biddulph, Baroness Biddulph (1834-1916), English humanitarian, temperance leader; Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria
- Elizabeth Bielby, British physician and medical missionary
- Elizabeth Bigler (1809–1873), First Lady of California
- Elizabeth Billington (1765–1818), British opera singer
- Elizabeth Binmore (1860–1917), Canadian educationist
- Elizabeth Birch (born 1956), American lawyer and businesswoman
- Elizabeth Bird (born 1994), British athlete
- Elizabeth Bishop, multiple people
- Elizabeth Bisland (1861–1929), American writer and journalist
- Elizabeth Bixler Torrey (1899–1976), American nurse
- Elizabeth Blackadder (1931–2021), Scottish painter and printmaker
- Elizabeth Blackbourn (1924–1999), British table tennis player
- Elizabeth Blackburn (born 1948), Australian-born American biological researcher
- Elizabeth Blackmar, American historian and author
- Elizabeth Blackmore, Australian actress
- Elizabeth Blackwell, multiple people
- Elizabeth Ann Blaesing (1919–2005), daughter of Warren Harding
- Elizabeth Blair Lee (1818–1906), American woman of letters
- Elizabeth Blancas, Xicana artist
- Elizabeth Blanchard, multiple people
- Elizabeth Bland (1681–1712), English Hebraist
- Elizabeth Blanton, American astronomer
- Elizabeth Pierce Blegen (1888–1966), American archaeologist
- Elizabeth Blencowe (born 1961), Australian sprint canoeist
- Elizabeth Blount (1500–40), mistress of Henry VIII
- Elizabeth Blower (1763–1820), English writer and actress
- Elizabeth Bloxham (1877–1962), Irish feminist and suffragist
- Elizabeth Boa, British scholar of German literature
- Elizabeth Boase, Australian Old Testament biblical scholar
- Elizabeth Bobo (born 1943), American politician
- Elizabeth Bodine (1898–1986), American humanitarian
- Elizabeth Bogart (1795–1879), American author and poet
- Elizabeth Bogush (born 1977), American actress
- Elizabeth Baker Bohan (1849–1930), British-born American author, journalist, artist, social reformer
- Elizabeth Bolden (1890–2006), American supercentenarian
- Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480–1538), English noblewoman
- Elizabeth Boleyn (lady-in-waiting), English noble
- Elizabeth Bond (1942–2002), Australian broadcaster
- Elizabeth Bonforte Gardner, episcopal bishop
- Elizabeth Bonhôte (1744–1818), English novelist, essayist and host
- Elizabeth Bonner, multiple people
- Elizabeth Fearne Bonsall (1861–1956), American painter and illustrator
- Elizabeth Boott (1846–1888), American painter
- Elizabeth Borer, American ecologist
- Elizabeth Borgwardt, American historian and lawyer
- Elizabeth Borton de Treviño (1904–2001), American writer
- Elizabeth Joanna Bosman (1894–1963), South African author, first Afrikaner novelist published in English
- Élizabeth Bourgine (born 1957), French actress
- Elizabeth Bourland, sports shooter
- Elizabeth Boutell (1648–1715), British actress
- Elizabeth Bouvia (born c. 1958), American right-to-die activist
- Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973), Irish writer
- Elizabeth Bowen Thompson (1812/1813–1869), British missionary who founded of the British Syrian Schools
- Elizabeth Bower (born 1976), English actress
- Elizabeth Bowes (1505–1572), English Protestant exile
- Elizabeth Boyd (fl. 1727–1745), English writer and poet
- Elizabeth Boyer, multiple people
- Elizabeth Boyle, multiple people
- Elizabeth Bracco (born 1957), American actress
- Elizabeth Brackett (1941–2018), American journalist
- Elizabeth Bradfield, American poet
- Elizabeth Bradford (born 1950), American painter
- Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook (1913–2009), Canadian artist
- Elizabeth Bradley, multiple people
- Elizabeth Bragg (1858–1929), American civil engineer
- Elizabeth L. Brainerd, American biologist
- Elizabeth Brake, American philosopher
- Elizabeth Branch (1672–1740), British murderer
- Elizabeth Brandon, multiple people
- Elizabeth Brant, Native American
- Elizabeth J. Braswell (born 1950), American writer
- Elizabeth Brater (born 1951), American politician
- Elizabeth Bravo (born 1987), Ecuadorian triathlete
- Elizabeth Brentnall, Australian suffragist and philanthropist
- Elizabeth Brewster (1922–2012), Canadian poet
- Elizabeth Brice, multiple people
- Elizabeth Bridge, multiple people
- Elizabeth M. Bright (1893–1975), American physiologist
- Elizabeth Bristol Greenleaf (1895–1980), American collector of folk songs
- Elizabeth Britomarte James (1867–1943), Australian political reformer
- Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858–1934), American botanist
- Elizabeth Broadbent, New Zealand health psychologist
- Elizabeth Broadingham, British murderer
- Elizabeth Broderick, Australian lawyer
- Elizabeth Brontë, lesser known sister of the Brontës
- Elizabeth Brooke, multiple people
- Elizabeth Brooks, multiple people
- Elizabeth Brown, multiple people
- Elizabeth Browne, multiple people
- Elizabeth Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland
- Elizabeth Brudenell, Countess of Cardigan, multiple people
- Elizabeth Bruenig (born 1990), American writer and opinion columnist for The New York Times
- Elizabeth Brumfiel (1945–2012), American archaeologist
- Elizabeth Brunner (1920–1983), British economist
- Elizabeth Bryan, multiple people
- Elizabeth Bryan Allen (1904–1992), American actress
- Elizabeth B. Bryant (1875–1953), American archaeologist
- Elizabeth Buchanan, former Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales
- Elizabeth Buchanan Cowley (1874–1945), American mathematician
- Elizabeth Buckley-Geer, particle physicist and astrophysicist
- Elizabeth A. Buffalo, American physiologist and academic
- Elizabeth Buffum Chace, American activist
- Elizabeth Bugie (1920–2001), American biochemist
- Elizabeth Bunce (1915–2003), American geophysicist
- Elizabeth Burchenal (1875–1959), American folklorist
- Elizabeth Burchill (1904–2003), Australian nurse, philanthropist and author
- Elizabeth Burden (1841–1924), English embroiderer and teacher
- Elizabeth Bure (born 1948), Papua New Guinean international lawn bowler
- Elizabeth Burger Monath (1907–1986), Austrian artist
- Elizabeth Burghersh, 3rd Baroness Burghersh, English noblewoman
- Elizabeth Burgin (1760–1787), American patriot during the American Revolutionary War
- Elizabeth Burgos, Venezuelan anthropologist
- Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett (1846–1930), British feminist and author
- Elizabeth Burgwin, headteacher and found of charity supplying free school meals in London
- Elizabeth Burke, multiple people
- Elizabeth Burmaster (born 1954), American educator
- Elizabeth Burnet (1661–1709), British philanthropist and devotional writer
- Elizabeth Burnett (1766–1790), Scottish woman
- Elizabeth Burns, multiple people
- Elizabeth Burrows, American politician from Vermont
- Elizabeth Burton, multiple people
- Elizabeth Bury (1644–1720), English writer
- Elizabeth Busche (1992–2012), American curler
- Elisabeth Busse-Wilson (1890-1974), German historian
- Elizabeth Butler, multiple people
- Elizabeth Butterworth, English artist
- Elizabeth Byrd (1912–1989), historical fiction author
- Elizabeth Byrom (1722–1801), British Jacobite sympathizer and diarist
- Elizabeth Caballero, Cuban-American lyric soprano
- Elizabeth Cabezas (born 1963), Ecuadorian politician
- Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (1822–1907), American educator
- Elizabeth Cadbury-Brown (1922–2002), American architect
- Elizabeth Cadell (1903–1989), British writer
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902), American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton Blake (1894–1981), American painter
- Elizabeth Caffin, New Zealand writer, author and publisher
- Elizabeth K. Cahoon, Georgian-American biologist
- Elizabeth Cailo (born 1987), Angolan handball player
- Elizabeth Cain (born 1962), Australian pair skater and coach
- Elizabeth Cairns, multiple people
- Elizabeth Calabrese, American Democratic Party politician
- Elizabeth Callahan (born 1952), American sport shooter
- Elizabeth Calvert (1731–1788), heiress in colonial Maryland
- Elizabeth Cambridge (1893–1949), English novelist
- Elizabeth Cameron, American biodefense expert
- Elizabeth Campbell, multiple people
- Elizabeth Campos, Texas Legislator
- Elizabeth Cann (born 1979), English badminton player
- Elizabeth Canning (1734–1773), English maidservant
- Elizabeth R. Cantwell, American researcher
- Elizabeth Canuel, organic geochemist
- Elizabeth Capell, Countess of Essex (1636–1718), English noblewoman
- Elizabeth Cappuccino (born 1994), American actress
- Elizabeth Carabalí (born 2001), Colombian footballer
- Elizabeth Caradus (1832–1912), New Zealand suffragist, temperance and welfare worker
- Elizabeth Carew, mistress of Henry VIII
- Elizabeth Carey, multiple people
- Elizabeth Carling (born 1967), English actress
- Elizabeth Carmichael (1927–2004), English portraitist
- Elizabeth Carne (1817–1873), English geologist and writer
- Elizabeth Carnegy, Baroness Carnegy of Lour (1925–2010), British peer
- Elizabeth Carney Pope, American artist
- Elizabeth D. Carney, scholar of ancient Macedonia
- Elizabeth Carpenter, American fashion designer
- Elizabeth Jordan Carr (born 1981), American journalist
- Elizabeth Carraway Howland, confederate spy during the American Civil War
- Elizabeth Carriere, British diplomat and civil servant
- Elizabeth Carrington Morris (1795–1865), American botanist
- Elizabeth Carrington Pope, zoologist and marine biologist
- Elizabeth Carruthers (born 1951), Canadian diver
- Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806), English poet, classicist, writer, translator, linguist, polymath
- Elizabeth Carter Brooks (1867–1951), American educator, activist and architect
- Elizabeth Cary, multiple people
- Elizabeth Cascio, American economist
- Elizabeth Caskey (1910–1994), Canadian-American classical scholar and professor
- Elizabeth Casson (1881–1954), British doctor
- Elizabeth Castelli, American professor of religion and author
- Elizabeth Castillo (born 1975), Peruvian volleyball player
- Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012), American artist and sculptor
- Elisabeth Cavazza (1849–1926), American author, journalist, music critic
- Elizabeth Cavendish, multiple people
- Elizabeth Cecil, 15th Baroness Ros (1570–1591), English noble
- Elizabeth Celi, Australian psychologist and author
- Elizabeth Cellier (1650–?), English midwife
- Elizabeth Cervantes (born 1973), Mexican actress of films and soap operas
- Elizabeth Cervantes Barron (died 2020), American politician
- Elizabeth Chadwick, British writer of historical fiction
- Elizabeth Chadwick (missionary), Irish missionary and educator in Uganda and Kenya
- Elizabeth Chamber (died 1602), English courtier
- Elizabeth Chamberlain, multiple people
- Elizabeth Chambers, multiple people
- Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, American lawyer
- Elizabeth Chang, Australian electrical engineer
- Elizabeth Chapman (1919–2005), British children's author
- Elizabeth Charles (1828–1896), English writer
- Elizabeth Charleston (1910–1997), American painter
- Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652–1722), Duchess of Orléans
- Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg (1597–1660), Duchess of Prussia
- Elizabeth Chater (1910–2004), Canadian novelist, poet and professor
- Elizabeth Chávez (born 1972), Honduran sprinter
- Elizabeth Cheney (1422–1473), English noblewoman
- Elizabeth Cheshire (born 1967), American actress
- Elizabeth Chesire (born 1950), Kenyan middle-distance runner
- Elizabeth Chesser (1877–1940), British physician and medical journalist
- Elizabeth Chesterton (1915–2002), British architect and town planner
- Elizabeth S. Chilton, American academic
- Elizabeth Chipman, Australian writer, administrator and Antarctic pioneer
- E. C. Spykman (1896–1965), American writer
- Elizabeth Chomko, American actress
- Elizabeth Chong (born 1931), Australian celebrity chef
- Elizabeth Choy (1910–2006), Singaporean educator and war heroine
- Elizabeth Christ Trump (1880–1966), German-American businesswoman and paternal grandmother to Donald Trump
- Elizabeth Christensen, American novelist
- Elizabeth Christie, multiple people
- Elizabeth Christitch (1861–1933), Irish and Serbian journalist and writer
- Elizabeth Chryst (born 1959), American political strategist
- Elizabeth Chu Richter, Chinese-born American architect
- Elizabeth Church (born 1930), British swimmer
- Elizabeth F. Churchill (born 1962), psychologist
- Elizabeth Cisney Smith, American physician
- Elizabeth de Clare (1295–1360), English heiress
- Elizabeth Clare Prophet (1939–2009), American religious leader
- Elizabeth Clark, multiple people
- Elizabeth Claypole (1629–1658), daughter of Oliver Cromwell
- Elizabeth T. Clement (born 1977), American judge
- Elizabeth Clephane (1830–1869), Scottish songwriter
- Elizabeth Cleveland Miller (1889–1936), American children's author
- Elizabeth Clinton, multiple people
- Elizabeth Close (1912–2011), Austrian-American architect
- Elizabeth Coatsworth (1893–1986), American poet
- Elizabeth Cobbold (1767–1824), English artist, poet and geologist
- Elizabeth Cobbs (born 1956), American historian and author
- Elizabeth Cochran, seismologist
- Elizabeth Cody Kimmel (born 1964), American children's book writer
- Elizabeth Coffey (born 1948), American actress
- Elizabeth Coffin (1850–1930), American painter
- Elizabeth Coggeshall (1754–1825), Quaker minister
- Elizabeth Cohen, multiple people
- Elizabeth Coit (1892–1987), American architect
- Elizabeth Colbert, multiple people
- Elizabeth Colborne (1885–1948), American artist
- Elizabeth Coleman, multiple people
- Elizabeth Colenso (1821–1904), New Zealand missionary, teacher and bible translator
- Elizabeth Coles Bouey (1891–1957), American missionary
- Elizabeth Collins (born 1982), Canadian swimmer
- Elizabeth Colomba, French painter
- Elizabeth Colson (1917–2016), US social anthropologist
- Elizabeth Colwell (1881–1961), American printmaker and type designer
- Elizabeth Compton, Countess of Northampton (1694–1740), British peer
- Elizabeth de Comyn (1299–1372), English noblewoman
- Elizabeth Conabere (1929–2009), Australian botanical artist and scientific illustrator
- Elizabeth Concordia, President of UCHealth
- Elizabeth Connell (1946–2012), South African-born opera singer
- Elizabeth Connell (doctor) (1925–2018), doctor and proponent of women's reproductive health
- Elizabeth Connelly (1928–2006), American politician
- Elizabeth Marney Conner (1856–?), American dramatic reader, educator, author
- Elizabeth Conway, multiple people
- Elizabeth Conwell Smith Willson (1842–1864), American poet
- Elizabeth Cook, multiple people
- Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (1930–2023), Native American writer
- Elizabeth Cooper, multiple people
- Elizabeth A. Copeland (born 1964), American judge
- Elizabeth Copes (born 1976), Argentine judoka
- Elizabeth Coppin (1768–1812), British artist
- Elizabeth Frances Corbett (1887–1981), American writer of fiction, poems and plays
- Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, American biomedical engineer
- Elizabeth Cosnett (1936–2024), British hymnodist
- Elizabeth Cosson, Australian public servant
- Elizabeth Coster (born 1982), New Zealand swimmer
- Elizabeth Cotton, multiple people
- Elizabeth Cottrell (born 1975), American geologist
- Elizabeth Couchman (1876–1982), Australian politician
- Elizabeth Coulson (born 1954), American politician
- Elizabeth Counsell (born 1942), English actress
- Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, American linguist
- Elizabeth Courtauld, British doctor in First World War
- Elizabeth Cowell (1912–1998), British broadcaster and TV announcer
- Elizabeth Cowie, British author
- Elizabeth Cowley, multiple people
- Elizabeth Cowper, Canadian linguist
- Elizabeth Cox, multiple people
- Elizabeth Coxen (1825–1906), Australian museum curator, meteorologist and specimen collector
- Elizabeth Craig, multiple people
- Elizabeth Craig-McFeely (born 1927), British Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service
- Elizabeth Craik (born 1939), Scottish classical scholar
- Elizabeth Crawford, multiple people
- Elizabeth Craze, youngest recipient of a heart transplant
- Elizabeth G. Creamer, American researcher
- Elizabeth Creed (1642–1728), British artist
- Elizabeth Cressener (1457–1536), English prioress
- Elizabeth Cresswell (1625–1698), English prostitute and brothel keeper
- Elizabeth Crewson Paris (born 1958), American judge
- Elizabeth Cripps, British political philosopher
- Elizabeth Crocker Bowers (1830–1895), American actress
- Elizabeth Croft, Canadian roboticist
- Elizabeth Crofts (1535–?), English impostor
- Elizabeth Cromwell, multiple people
- Elizabeth Cronin (1879–1956), Irish singer
- Elizabeth Crook (born 1959), American novelist
- Elizabeth Croom Bellamy (1837–1900), American poet and novelist
- Elizabeth C. Crosby (1888–1983), American neuro-anatomist
- Elizabeth Crotty (1885–1960), Irish musical artist
- Elizabeth Crow (1946–2005), American editor, journalist and businesswoman
- Elizabeth Crowley (born 1977), American politician
- Elizabeth Crowley (Rhode Island politician) (born 1951), American politician
- Elizabeth Cudjoe (born 1992), Ghanaian footballer
- Elizabeth de Cuevas (1929–2023), American sculptor
- Elizabeth Cui (born 1997), New Zealand diver
- Elizabeth Cull (born 1952), Canadian politician
- Elizabeth Cullingford, American scholar
- Elizabeth Cumings Pierce, American children's author
- Elizabeth Cunningham, American feminist novelist
- Elizabeth Litchfield Cunnyngham (1831-1911), American missionary and church worker
- Elizabeth Curnow, multiple people
- Elizabeth Currer, Irish actress
- Elizabeth Currid-Halkett (born 1978), American social researcher and author
- Elizabeth Curtain, Australian judge
- Elizabeth Curtis, multiple people
- Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam, American conservationist
- Elizabeth Cuthill, American applied mathematician
- Elizabeth Cuthrell, American film producer
- Elizabeth Cutter (1929–2010), Scottish botanist and professor
- Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (1873–1955), American poet
- Elizabeth Dadzie (born 1993), Ghanaian athlete
- Elizabeth Daily (born 1961), American actress and singer
- Elizabeth Dale (1868–?), British paleobotanist and botanist
- Elizabeth Cameron Dalman, Australian choreographer
- Elizabeth Daly (1878–1967), American writer
- Elizabeth Otis Dannelly (1838–1896), American poet
- Elizabeth Danvers (1545–1630), English noblewoman
- Elizabeth Daryush (1887–1977), English poet
- Elizabeth Dauncey (1506–1564), English courtier
- Elizabeth Davenport, Indian javelin thrower
- Elizabeth Davenport McKune (born 1947), American diplomat
- Elizabeth David (1913–1992), British cookery writer
- Elizabeth Davies, multiple people
- Elizabeth Davis, multiple people
- Elizabeth Davis Beall, American screenwriter and TV producer
- Elizabeth Dawbarn (died 1839), English nurse and religious writer
- Elizabeth Day (born 1978), English writer
- Elizabeth De Razzo (born 1980), American actress
- Elizabeth Debicki (born 1990), Australian actress
- Elizabeth Dee, American art dealer
- Elizabeth Deeble (1899–1972), American journalist
- Elizabeth Deering Hanscom, American writer
- Elizabeth Dejeans, American writer
- Elizabeth Dekkers, Australian swimmer
- Elizabeth DeLong, American biostatistician
- Elizabeth Dempster (1909–1987), Scottish sculptor
- Elizabeth Denby (1894–1965), English social housing expert and consultant
- Elizabeth Dennehy (born 1960), American TV and film actress
- Elizabeth Depelsenaire (1913–1998), Belgian spy
- Elizabeth Derryberry, American ornithologist
- Elizabeth Destro, American film producer
- Elizabeth Devereux, multiple people
- Elizabeth Devick, multiple people
- Elizabeth Devine, multiple people
- Elizabeth Dickens (1789–1863), mother of Charles Dickens
- Elizabeth Dickens (ornithologist) (1877–1963), American ornithologist
- Elizabeth Dickey, American materials scientist
- Elizabeth Dickson (bowls) (died 2022), Scottish lawn bowler
- Elizabeth Digeser, American academic and historian
- Elizabeth Diggs, American playwright and TV writer
- Elizabeth Diller, American architect
- Elizabeth Dilling (1894–1966), American writer and political activist
- Elizabeth Dillon, multiple people
- Elizabeth Delia Dixon-Carroll (1872–1934), American physician
- Elizabeth Dobson Altemus (1874–1947), American socialite
- Elizabeth Dole (born 1936), American politician and writer
- Elizabeth Donald, American author
- Elizabeth Donley (born 1970), American physicist
- Elizabeth Donnan, historian of the slave trade
- Elizabeth Donnelly (engineer), British engineer and executive
- Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman (born 1968), American politician
- Elizabeth Douglas, multiple people
- Elizabeth R. Douvan (1926–2002), American psychologist
- Elizabeth Dowdeswell (born 1944), lieutenant governor of Ontario
- Elizabeth Downs, multiple people
- Elizabeth Drake, Australian composer
- Elizabeth Draper, multiple people
- Elizabeth Dreaver, milliner and Draper in Dunedin, New Zealand
- Elizabeth Drew (born 1935), American political journalist and leader
- Elizabeth Drew Stoddard (1823–1902), American poet and novelist
- Elizabeth Drewry, multiple people
- Elizabeth Duke, multiple people
- Elizabeth Dunbar Murray (1877–1966), American historian
- Elizabeth Duncan, multiple people
- Elizabeth Dunn, Canadian social psychologist
- Elizabeth Dunne (born 1956), Irish Supreme Court judge
- Elizabeth Dupeyrón (born 1951), Mexican actress
- Elizabeth Durack (1915–2000), Australian artist
- Elizabeth Eaglesfield (1853–1940), American lawyer
- Elizabeth Eames (1918–2008), English archaeologist and expert on medieval tiles
- Elizabeth Jessup Eames (1813–1856), American writer
- Elizabeth Eaton (born 1955), American Lutheran bishop
- Elizabeth Eaton Burton (1869–1937), American artist and designer
- Elizabeth Eaton Morse (1864–1955), American botanist
- Elizabeth Eaton Rosenthal (born 1941), Canadian-American artist
- Elisabeth Ebeling (1946–2020), German film and stage actress
- Elizabeth Eckford (born 1941), part of the Little Rock Nine
- Elizabeth Eckhardt May (1899–1996), American home economist
- Elizabeth Economy, American political scientist
- Elizabeth Eddy (born 1991), American soccer player
- Elizabeth Eden (1946–1987), American transgender woman
- Elizabeth Eden Ironbar (died 2021), Nigerian politician
- Elizabeth Edgar (1929–2019), New Zealand botanist
- Elizabeth Edmondson (born 1950), Australian Paralympic swimmer
- Elizabeth Edwards, multiple people
- Elizabeth Eggleston (1934–1976), Australian activist
- Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye (1858–1923), American historian
- Elizabeth Ehrlich (born 1954), American author
- Elizabeth Eichhorn (born 1957), Argentine sculptor
- Elizabeth Eiloart (1827–1898), English novelist
- Elizabeth Eilor, Ugandan activist
- Elizabeth Eisenhauer, Canadian oncologist
- Elizabeth Eisenstein (1923–2016), American historian
- Elizabeth Eliot, multiple people
- Elizabeth Anne Elliott (1918–2001), American petroleum geologist
- Elizabeth Ellis, American storyteller and author
- Elizabeth Elohor Isiorho, Nigerian model
- Elizabeth Elstob (1683–1756), English linguist and feminist
- Elizabeth Elting (born 1966), American businesswoman
- Elizabeth Emanuel (born 1953), British fashion designer
- Elizabeth Embry, American politician
- Elizabeth Emry (1923–1995), American baseball player
- Elizabeth Engle, professor of neurology and ophthalmology
- Elizabeth English Benson, American educator for deaf students
- Elizabeth Engstrom (born 1951), American speculative fiction writer
- Elizabeth Enright (1907–1968), American writer
- Elizabeth Erickson, American painter
- Elisabeth Erke (born 1962), Norwegian Sami educator and politician
- Elizabeth Ernest-James, Welsh tennis player
- Elizabeth Erny Foote (born 1953), American judge
- Elizabeth Errington, numismalist
- Elizabeth Essex-Cohen, Australian physicist
- Elizabeth Estensen (born 1949), English actress
- Elizabeth Esteve-Coll (born 1938), British academic and former museum director
- Elizabeth Esther, American Christian author and blogger
- Elizabeth Esty (born 1959), American politician
- Elizabeth Evans, multiple people
- Elizabeth Evatt (born 1933), Australian judge
- Elizabeth Evelinge, English Catholic abbess and translator
- Elizabeth Everest (c. 1832–1895), nursery nurse to Winston Churchill
- Elizabeth Hawley Everett (1857-1940), American clubwoman, suffragist, author, magazine founder/editor, school principal, superintendent of schools
- Elizabeth Everitt, recipient of the Albert Medal
- Elizabeth Exley (1927–2007), Australian entomologist
- Elizabeth Eyre Pellet, Colorado state legislator
- Elizabeth Fabac (1922–2008), baseball player
- Elizabeth Fair (1908–1997), English writer
- Elizabeth Falkner, American consulting chef
- Elizabeth Fama (born 1965), American writer
- Elizabeth Fane (c. 1510–1568), English writer and literary patron
- Elizabeth Farians, American religious studies scholar, activist and feminist
- Elizabeth Farnsworth, American journalist and author
- Elizabeth Farrand (1852–1900), author and librarian
- Elizabeth Farrelly, New Zealand-Australian architecture critic and writer
- Elizabeth Farren (c. 1759–1829), Irish actress
- Elizabeth P. Farrington (1898–1984), American journalist
- Elizabeth Farrow (1926–2010), American baseball player
- Elizabeth Fedde (1850–1921), Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess
- Elizabeth Fee (1946–2018), medical historian
- Elizabeth J. Feinler (born 1931), American information scientist
- Elizabeth Fell (1940–2020), Australian activist, journalist, academic, feminist and public intellectual
- Elizabeth A. Fenn (born 1959), American historian
- Elizabeth Fennema (1928–2021), American educator
- Elizabeth Fensham, Australian writer
- Elizabeth Fentress (born 1948), American archaeologist
- Elizabeth Fenwick Way (1916–1996), American writer
- Elizabeth Ferard (1825–1883), first deaconess of the Church of England
- Elizabeth Fergusson, multiple people
- Elizabeth Ferrars (1907–1995), British writer
- Elizabeth Ferris, multiple people
- Elizabeth Fetterhoff (born 1981), American politician from Florida
- Elizabeth Fetzer Bates (1909–1999), American musician
- Elizabeth Fiedler (born 1980), American politician
- Elizabeth Field, multiple people
- Elizabeth Fiennes, multiple people
- Elizabeth Filippouli (born 1974), Greek journalist-turned-entrepreneur, founder of the international non-profit think tank Global Thinkers Forum
- Elizabeth Filkin (born 1940), British civil servant
- Elizabeth Finch, multiple people
- Elizabeth Fink (1945–2015), American lawyer
- Elizabeth Finkel, Australian science journalist
- Elizabeth Finlayson Gauld, suffrage campaigner from Edinburgh
- Elizabeth Anne Finn (1825–1921), British writer
- Elizabeth Gault Fisher (1909–2000), U.S. Entomologist, bacteriologist and amateur bryologist
- Elizabeth Fleischman (1867–1905), American radiographer
- Elizabeth Fletcher (1731–1758), Scottish scholar
- Elizabeth Flint Wade (1849–1915), American photographer
- Elizabeth Flower (1915–1995), American philosopher
- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964), American labor leader and feminist
- Elizabeth Fones (1610–1673), settler of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Elizabeth Fontham, American epidemiologist
- Elizabeth Forbes, multiple people
- Elizabeth Ford, multiple people
- Elizabeth Foreman Lewis (1892–1958), American writer
- Elizabeth Forsling Harris, American journalist
- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey (born 1938), American journalist and playwright
- Elizabeth Foster, multiple people
- Elizabeth Foulis, Scottish benefactor
- Elizabeth Fouse (1875–1952), American activist
- Elizabeth Fowler, multiple people
- Elizabeth Fox, multiple people
- Elizabeth Foxcroft (1600–1679), English theosophist
- Elizabeth Francis (born 1909), American supercentenarian
- Elizabeth Frank (born 1945), American writer and academic
- Elizabeth Franz (born 1941), American stage and TV actress
- Elizabeth Fraser, multiple people
- Elizabeth Frazer Skelton (1800–1855), Euro-African slave trader
- Elizabeth Freeman, multiple people
- Elizabeth Freke (1641–1714), English memoirist, poet and cookery writer
- Elizabeth Fremantle, English novelist
- Elizabeth French (1931–2021), British archaeologist
- Elizabeth Friedländer (1903–1984), British calligrapher
- Elizabeth Fritsch (born 1940), British ceramic artist
- Elizabeth Fry (1780–1845), English prison reformer
- Elizabeth Fulhame (1759–1790), British chemist
- Elizabeth Fuller, multiple people
- Elizabeth Fullerton (born 1953), Australian judge
- Elizabeth A. Fulton, ecosystem modeler
- Elizabeth Fulton Hester, American suffragette
- Elizabeth Furse (1936–2021), American politician
- Elizabeth Fussell, American sociologist
- Elizabeth Futas (1944–1995), American librarian
- Elizabeth Futral (born 1963), American soprano
- Elizabeth Gaffney (born 1966), American novelist
- Elizabeth Gage, British jewelry designer and goldsmith
- Elizabeth Gaines, Western Australian businesswoman
- Elizabeth Galphin, American tennis player
- Elizabeth de Gambarini (1731–1765), British musician
- Elizabeth Garber (1939–2020), American historian of science
- Elizabeth Gardiner (born 1966), British civil servant
- Elizabeth Gardner, multiple people
- Elizabeth Garrett (1963–2016), American academic
- Elizabeth Garrett (songwriter) (1885–1947), American songwriter
- Elizabeth Garvie, British actress
- Elizabeth Gasiba (born 1997, Venezuelan model, Miss Universe Venezuela 2022
- Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865), British novelist and short story writer
- Elizabeth Gaunt (died 1685), convicted traitor
- Elizabeth Gavis, American biologist
- Elizabeth Gawrie, Rojava politician
- Elizabeth George (disambiguation), multiple people
- Elizabeth Georgeson (1895–?), Scottish engineer
- Elizabeth Gerber, American engineer
- Elizabeth Gershoff, American psychologist
- Elizabeth Gertsakis, Greek-Australian artist
- Elizabeth D. Getzoff, American biochemist
- Elizabeth Gibb (died 1595), Scottish courtier
- Elizabeth Gibney, science journalist
- Elizabeth Gibson, multiple people
- Élizabeth Giguère (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
- Elizabeth Gilbert (born 1969), American journalist and author
- Elizabeth Gilels (1919–2008), Soviet and Russian violinist
- Eliaabeth V. Gillett, American physician and politician
- Elizabeth Gillies (born 1993), American Broadway actress
- ElizaBeth Gilligan (1962–2017), American novelist
- Elizabeth Gilmer (1880–1960), New Zealand horticulturalist and activist
- Elizabeth Gilmore Holt (1905–1987), American art historian
- Elizabeth Ginno (1907–1991), American painter and printmaker
- Elizabeth Gitau (born 1988), Kenyan physician
- Elizabeth Glaser (1947–1994), American AIDS activist and child advocate
- Elizabeth Glaser (artist), American painter
- Elizabeth Gleadle (born 1988), Canadian track and field athlete
- Elizabeth Glidden, lawyer, public policy professional and academic
- Elizabeth Gloster (born 1949), former judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales
- Elizabeth A. Gloucester (1817–1883), American businesswoman
- Elizabeth Gobeil, American judge
- Elizabeth Godfrey (1711–1811), English gold and silversmith
- Elizabeth Godwin, British army officer
- Elizabeth Ayton Godwin (1817–1889), English hymnwriter, religious poet
- Elizabeth Gómez (born 1981), Mexican footballer
- Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta (born 1972), Argentine lawyer, professor and politician
- Elizabeth Gooch (1757–1807), English writer
- Elizabeth Goodfellow (c. 1767–1851), American cooking teacher
- Elizabeth Goodridge (1798–1882), American painter
- Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, Canadian political scientist
- Elizabeth Gorcey, American filmmaker
- Elizabeth Gordon, multiple people
- Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984), English novelist and children’s writer
- Elizabeth Goudie (1902–1982), Inuit Canadian writer
- Elizabeth Gould, multiple people
- Elizabeth Gower (born 1952), Australian artist
- Elizabeth Gowing, British writer and traveler
- Elizabeth Grace (born 1961), Australian politician
- Elizabeth Gracen (born 1961), American actress
- Elizabeth Graham, multiple people
- Elizabeth Granowska (1372–1420), queen consort of Poland
- Elizabeth Grant, multiple people
- Elizabeth Graver (born 1964), American writer and academic
- Elizabeth Grech, Maltese writer and translator
- Elizabeth Green, multiple people
- Elizabeth Greene, multiple people
- Elizabeth Greenfield (1809–1876), American singer
- Elizabeth Greenhill (bookbinder), (1907–2006), English bookbinder
- Elizabeth Greenleaf, multiple people
- Elizabeth Greenwood (1873–1961), New Zealand photographer
- Elizabeth Grey, multiple people
- Elizabeth Gregory (1901–1983), university professor of home science
- Elizabeth Grenville (1719–1769), English artist and writer
- Elizabeth Grierson, Native American plantation owner and businesswoman
- Elizabeth Griffin (1945–2015), Montserratian barrister
- Elisabeth Griffith, American historian, educator, and activist
- Elizabeth B. Grimball (1875–1953), American theatrical producer
- Elizabeth A. Grimes, American judge
- Elizabeth Grimston (died 1603), English poet
- Elizabeth Grosz (born 1952), Australian feminist theorist
- Elizabeth Guard (1814–1870), Australian founding mother and hostage
- Elizabeth du Gué Trapier (1893–1974), American art expert
- Elizabeth Guess (born 1985), American soccer forward and midfielder
- Elizabeth Gulland (1857–1934), British artist
- Elizabeth Gunn, multiple people
- Elizabeth Gunning, multiple people
- Elizabeth Gutiérrez (born 1979), American actress and model
- Elizabeth Guzmán, American politician
- Elizabeth Gyring (1906–1970), American composer
- Elizabeth Haigh (born 1988), Singaporean chef
- Elizabeth Amherst Hale (1774–1826), Canadian Watercolor Artist
- Elizabeth Mae "Lzzy" Hale (born 1983), American musician, singer, songwriter. Lead singer and rhythm guitarist for Halestorm
- Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757–1854), American philanthropist and wife of United States founding father Alexander Hamilton
- Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1843–1925), American author, lecturer, reformer philanthropist
- Elizabeth Harden Gilmore (1909–1986), American activist
- Elizabeth Harrower, several people
- Elizabeth Anna Hart (1822–1890), British poet and novelist
- Elizabeth Haselwood (c. 1644–1715), English silversmith
- Elisabeth Hasselbeck (born 1977), American actress
- Elizabeth Anna Hendrickson (1884–1946), Afro-American civil right and political activist
- Elizabeth Henstridge (born 1987), English actress, model, and director.
- Elizabeth Hernandez, several people
- Elizabeth Hill Boone (born 1948), American art historian
- Elizabeth Hoare (1915–2001), English church furnisher and actress
- Elizabeth C. Hoffman (1942–2007), American politician
- Elizabeth Holmes (born 1984), American fraudster who founded Theranos
- Elizabeth E. Hood, American plant biologist
- Elizabeth Hughes Gossett (1907–1981), daughter of American politician Charles Evans Hughes
- Elizabeth Hulette aka Miss Elizabeth (1960–2003), professional wrestling manager
- Elizabeth Anne Hull (1937–2021), American academic
- Elizabeth Hurley (born 1965), British actress and model
- Elizabeth Hyatt, American Union nurse and ambulance driver during the American Civil War.
- Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Hyland (1927–2012), American author
- Elizabeth James-Perry (born 1973), American artist and restoration ecologist
- Elizabeth Jaranyi (1918–1998), Holocaust survivor and writer
- Elisabeth Jastrow (1890–1981), German-born classical archaeologist
- Elizabeth Friench Johnson (1890–1979), American college professor
- Elizabeth Johnston Evans Johnston (1851-1934), American philanthropist and social worker
- Elisabetta Keller (1891–1969), Swiss-Italian artist
- Elizabeth Anne Kellogg (born 1951), American botanist
- Elizabeth Kelly (born 1921), British actress
- Elizabeth "Ellie" Kemper (born 1980), American actress and comedian
- Elizabeth Kenny (1880–1952), Australian nurse
- Elizabeth D'Arcy Kinne (1843–1918), American organizational leader
- Elizabeth A. Kovachevich (born 1936), American judge
- Elizabeth "Betty" Lacey (1950–2012), American educator and community advocate
- Elizabeth B. Lacy (born 1945), American judge
- Elizabeth Lail (born 1992), American actress
- Elizabeth Lambert, American writer of romance
- Elizabeth Lazebnik, Latvian Canadian filmmaker
- Elizabeth Eva Leach (born 1971), British musicologist and music theorist
- Elizabeth Emmet Lenox-Conyngham (1800–1889), Irish poet and translator
- Elizabeth Anne Lewis (1843–1924), British temperance activist
- Elizabeth "Betty" Washington Lewis (1733–1797), sister of George Washington
- Elizabeth Ann Linley (1754–1792), English singer
- Elizabeth Gill Lui (born 1951), American photographer and artist
- Elizabeth A. Lynn (born 1946), American writer most known for fantasy and to a lesser extent science fiction
- Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864-1922), Canadian writer, suffragist
- Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Scottish-born curator and art historian
- Elisabeth MacIntyre, (1916–2004), Australian writer and illustrator
- Elizabeth Eunice Marcy (1821–1911), American author, activist, and social reformer
- Elizabeth Margosches, American statistician
- Elisabeth Marschall (1886–1947), head nurse (Oberschwester) at Ravensbrück concentration camp, later executed for war crimes
- Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather (1815–1882), American writer
- Elizabeth Cameron Mawson, English flower painter
- Elizabeth Anne McCauley (born 1950), American art historian
- Elizabeth McGovern (born 1961), American actress
- Elizabeth Meckes (1980–2020), American mathematician
- Elizabeth Alexandria Menzies (1928–2008), British historian
- Elizabeth Smith Middleton (1814–1898), English-born Canadian social reformer
- Elizabeth Miller (1878–1961), American novelist
- Elizabeth Mitchell (1972–1998), American shag dancer
- Elizabeth Monk (1898–1980), Canadian lawyer and city councillor
- Elizabeth Monroe (1768–1830), First Lady of the United States (1817–1825)
- Elizabeth "Eliza" Monroe Hay (1786–1840), American socialite
- Elizabeth Montgomery (1933–1995), American actress
- Elizabeth Moore (1894–1976), American local historian and preservationist
- Elizabeth Martha Olmsted (1825–1910), American poet
- Elizabeth Murdoch (1909–2012), Australian philanthropist
- Elisabeth Murray (1909–1998), English biographer and educationist
- Elizabeth Mystakidou (born 1977), Greek taekwondo athlete
- Elizabeth Ann Nalley (born 1942), American chemist
- Elizabeth F. Neufeld (born 1928), French-American geneticist
- Elizabeth Newson (1929–2014), British developmental psychologist
- Elizabeth O'Hara (medical doctor) from Melbourne, Australia (1866-1942)
- Elizabeth Akua Ohene (born 1945), Ghanaian politician
- Elizabeth Olsen (born 1989), American actress
- Elizabeth Akua-Nyarko Patterson (born 1985), Ghanaian social entrepreneur
- Elizabeth Patton Crockett (1788–1860), American farmer and housewife
- Elizabeth Perkins (born 1960), American actress
- Elizabeth Pesiridou (born 1992), Greek hurdler
- Elizabeth A. Phelps, cognitive neuroscientist
- Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier (1896–1984), American novelist
- Elizabeth de la Porte (1941–2020), British musician
- Elizabeth Power (born 1941), English actress
- Elizabeth Clare Prophet (1939–2009), American religious leader
- Elizabeth Ramsey (1931–2015), Filipina comedian, singer, and actress
- Elizabeth Raum (born 1945), Canadian oboist and composer
- Elizabeth Bunnell Read (1832-1909), American journalist and suffragist
- Elizabeth Reaser (born 1975), American actress
- Elizabeth Anita Reddi, Indian model and beauty queen
- Élisabeth Renaud (1846-1932), co-founder, Groupe Feministe Socialiste
- Elizabeth Riddle Graves (1916–1972), American nuclear physicist
- Elizabeth Ann Roberts (born 1941), American model
- Elizabeth G. Robinson (1899–1960), Canadian politician
- Elizabeth Roboz Einstein (1904–1995), American chemist
- Elizabeth Flynn Rodgers, Irish-American labor leader
- Elizabeth Rose (nun) (died 1130), Benedictine nun at Chelles, France
- Elizabeth Lownes Rust (1835–1899), American philanthropist, humanitarian, Christian missionary
- Elizabeth Betty Ryan, American game developer and programmer
- Elizabeth Garton Scanlon, American writer
- Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (born 1947), American novelist
- Elizabeth Scott (1708–1776), English-American poet, hymnwriter
- Elisabeth Robinson Scovil (1849–1934), Canadian nurse and writer
- Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye (1858–1923), American writer
- Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774–1821), American Roman Catholic educator and saint
- Elizabeth Frances Sey (1927–1991), first female graduate of the University of Ghana
- Elizabeth Simcoe (1762–1850), British artist and diarist, wife of John Graves Simcoe
- Elisabeth Sladen (1946–2011), English actress
- Elizabeth Smart (born 1987), American female activist and contributor for ABC News (American Broadcasting Corporation)
- Elizabeth Eunice Smith Marcy (1821–1911), American author, activist and social reformer
- Elizabeth Clementine Stedman (1810–1889), American poet
- Elizabeth Willisson Stephen (1856-1925), American author
- Elizabeth Sterling Haynes (1897–1957), Canadian theatre activist
- Elizabeth Stride (1843–1888), the third murder victim of Jack the Ripper
- Elizabeth Stuart, several people
- Elizabeth Swados (1951–2016), American writer, composer, musician, and theatre director
- Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011), British-American actress
- Elizabeth Terry (born c. 1943), American chef
- Elizabeth Tudor (writer) (born 1978), Azerbaijani-Russian science fiction writer
- Elizabeth Underwood (1794–1858), pioneering Australian land owner
- Elizabeth Catherine Usher (1911–1996), Australian speech disorders therapist
- Elizabeth Anka Vajagic, Canadian musical artist
- Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, American film director
- Elizabeth Anne Voigt (1944–2010), South African museologist and zoo archaeologists
- Elizabeth Erin Walsh, American government official
- Elizabeth Warren (born 1949), American politician and United States Senator from Massachusetts
- Elizabeth Lowe Watson (1842–1927), American lecturer, suffragist
- Elizabeth E. Wein (born 1964), American writer
- Elizabeth Anne Wells Cannon (1859–1942), American politician
- Elizabeth Wettlaufer (born 1967), Canadian nurse and serial killer
- Elizabeth Ann Whitney (1800–1882), LDS church leader
- Elizabeth Williams Champney (1850–1922), American writer
- Elizabeth Willis DeHuff (1886–1983), American painter, teacher, playwright and writer
- Elizabeth Carroll Wingo (born 1970), American judge
- Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born 1985), real name of singer Lana Del Rey
- Elizabeth Dorothy Wuist Brown (1880–1972), American botanist
- Elizabeth Yeampierre, attorney and environmental activist
- Elizabeth Young (author), contemporary romance writer
- Elizabeth Young (journalist) (1950–2001), literary critic and author
- Elizabeth Zachariadou (1931–2018), Greek historian
- Elizabeth Zimmerman (born 1948), Filipina former flight attendant and former wife of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte
- Elizabeth Zimmermann (1910–1999), British-born knitter
Fictional characters[edit]
- Elizabeth, main character and A.I. companion in the video game BioShock Infinite
- Elizabeth, from the videogame Persona 3
- Elizabeth, a truck from the TV series Thomas and Friends
- Elizabeth, a muppet from the TV series Sesame Street
- Elizabeth Bennet, main character in the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice
- Lizzy Bruin, best friend of Sister Bear from The Berenstain Bears
- Elizabeth "Z" Delgado, the Yellow Ranger from Power Rangers SPD
- Betty DeVille, wife of Howard DeVille and mother of Phil and Lil DeVille on Rugrats
- Elisabeth Doppler,a character from the German netflix series Dark
- Elizabeth Drosselmayer, a supporting character in Barbie in the Nutcracker
- Emily-Elizabeth Howard, protagonist from Clifford the Big Red Dog.
- Elizabeth Johnson, main character in the FX series American Horror Story: Hotel, portrayed by Lady Gaga
- Elizabeth Jones, protagonist of the Lifetime movie Reviving Ophelia
- Elizabeth Keen, main character from the American TV series The Blacklist
- Elizabeth Lochley, main character in the 1990s science fiction TV series Babylon 5, and had appeared on the spin-off TV series Crusade.
- Elizabeth "Beth" March from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Elizabeth "Lizzie" McGuire, main character of the teen sitcom Lizzie McGuire
- Elizabeth Midford, in the anime and manga Black Butler
- Elizabeth Poldark, from the novel and two BBC television series Poldark
- Betty Rubble, wife of Barney Rubble and adoptive mother of Bamm Bamm Rubble on The Flintstones
- Elizabeth Shaw, main character in Ridley Scott's movie Prometheus
- Effy Stonem, main character from the British teen drama Skins
- Elizabeth Swann, a main character in the film series Pirates of the Caribbean
- Elizabeth Thompson, main character in the anime Soul Eater
- Elizabeth Webber, on the daytime soap opera General Hospital
- Elizabeth Liones, main character in the manga The Seven Deadly Sins
- Elizabeth Sherman, from the Hellboy comic books
- Elizabeth Harmon, protagonist of the novel The Queen's Gambit
- Elizabeth 'Betsy' Braddock, from the X-Men
- Elizabeth Weir (Stargate), main character in the TV series Stargate Atlantis
- Dr. Liz Wilson, the vet and Jon's love interest from Jim Davis's Garfield comic strip
- Elizabeth Afton, a main character from the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise
- Elizabeth Cole, American Girl character, best friend of Felicity Merriman
See also[edit]
- Ælfthryth, an unrelated Anglo-Saxon name, derived from the Old English Ælfþryð ('elf-strength'), superficially similar to Aelswith, Elspeth, and several other variants of Elizabeth. Later, it was more often rendered as Elfriede, Elfrida or Alfreda.
References[edit]
- ^ Frank Nuessel (1992). The Study of Names: A Guide to the Principles and Topics. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. p. 10. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017.