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Elizabeth f. Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ from Hebrew עבשילא 'my God is an oath'.

The name of the sister of Mary and mother of John the Baptist in the Bible, an 11th C queen consort of Norway, a 12th C German saint, two 13th C queens consort of Hungary, a 13th C queen consort of Serbia, a 14th C queen consort of Portugal and saint, a 14th C queen consort of Castile, a 14th C queen consort of Scotland, a 14th C queen of Denmark, a 14th C queen of Germany, a 14th C Holy Roman empress, two 14th C queens consort of Bohemia, a 14th C queen consort of Hungary, a 14th C queen consort of Hungary and Poland, a 14th C queen consort of Sicily, two 15th C queens consort of England, a 15th C queen consort of Germany, a 15th C queen of the Romans, a 15th C queen consort of Hungary, Bohemia, and Germany, two 15th C queens consort of Poland, a 16th C queen consort of Spain, a 16th C queen of England, a 16th C queen consort of France, and a 16th C queen consort of Poland. Wyclif (1395): Elizabeth.

The name Isabel was originally an Old Provençal form of Elizabeth; while it soon became treated as an independent name, the connection between the two was still known in England as late as the 16th C, where there are examples of the same woman being recorded as both Elizabeth and Isabel (see Withycombe s.n. Isabel(la)).

Brabant

Latin: ● 1312 Ellysabeth (nom) JeanIII p. 19, Elyzabeth (nom) ibid. p. 34, Lysbeth (nom) ibid. p. 30

Czech Republic

Latin: ● 1349 Elyzabeth (nom) chlumecky 16; 1350 Elizabet (dat) ibid. 172, Elizabeth (dat) ibid. 153; 1355 Elyzabet (dat) ibid. 70, Elyzabeth (dat) ibid. 106; 1356 Elizabeth (nom) ibid. 119; ◑ 1350 Elzca (abl) chlumecky 198; 1351 Elzca (nom) ibid. 51; 1353 Elsca (nom) ibid. 74, Elzca (nom) ibid. 43, p. 23, Elzcze (dat) ibid. 73; 1356 Elzce (dat) ibid. 119, Elzcze (dat) ibid. 169

England

Latin: ● 1279–80 Elizabet (nom) WaHR-SK p. 62, Elizabeth (nom) ibid. p. 62; 1381 Ebete (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 75, Ebote (nom) ibid. p. 75, Elizabetha (nom) ibid. p. 69, Helisabeth (nom) ibid. p. 96, Ibote (nom) ibid. p. 79; 1422 Elizabethe (dat) EEW p. 51; 1431 Elizabethe (gen) ibid. p. 89; 1485–1486 Elizabetha (abl) CovGuild-2 p. 52; 1530 Elizabetha (nom) LIWill-III p. 2, Elizabethe (dat) ibid. p. 2; ◑ 1381 Ebota (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 71, Elizia (nom) ibid. p. 92
Middle English: ● 1395 Elizabeth EEW p. 8; 1411 Elyzabeth ibid. p. 19; 1422 Elizabeth ibid. p. 50; 1426 Elisabeth ibid. p. 70; 1438 Elizabeth ibid. p. 110; 1439 Elizabeth ibid. p. 118, Elysabeth ibid. p. 118; ◑ 1406 Elyse EEW p. 13
English: ● 1520 Elizabeth SaxhamSf p. 128; 1530 Elezabeth LIWill-III p. 7, Elisabethe ibid. p. 62, Elizabeth ibid. p. 6, Elizabȝ ibid. p. 17, Elsabethe ibid. p. 36; 1531 Elizabeth SaxhamSf p. 121; 1538 Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 2, Elzbeth BarnstapleBap p. 1; 1539 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 1, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 2, Elyzabeth BarnstapleBap p. 1; 1540 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 1, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 2, DEmar-vol1 p. 78, StNick-Sf p. 1; 1541 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 2, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 2, Elzabeth BarnstapleBap p. 2; 1542 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 3, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 2; 1543 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 4, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 2, BarnstapleBap p. 3, DEmar-vol1 p. 78, OrpingtonKe p. 75, Elsabeth BarnstapleBap p. 3, Elsbeth ibid. p. 3; 1544 Elisabeth ibid. p. 4, Elizabeth StNick-Sf p. 1, Elsabeth BarnstapleBap p. 4, Esbeth ibid. p. 4, Essbeth ibid. p. 4; 1545 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 5, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 3; 1546 Elizabeth DEmar-vol1 p. 78, StNick-Sf p. 2, Elsabeth BarnstapleBap p. 5, Elsbeth ibid. p. 5, Eslabeth ibid. p. 5; 1547 Elizabeth DEmar-vol1 p. 79, Elsabeth StAnthonlin p. 6; 1548 Elisabeth ibid. p. 6, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 3, Elsabet BarnstapleBap p. 6, Elsabeth ibid. p. 6; 1549 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 7, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 3, DEmar-vol1 p. 79; 1550 Elizabeth ibid. p. 79, Elsabeth StAnthonlin p. 8; 1551 Elisabeth ibid. p. 9, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 4; 1552 Elzabeth StNick-Sf p. 2; 1553 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 10, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 4, Elsabeth StAnthonlin p. 9, Elzebeth BarnstapleBap p. 8; 1554 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 10, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 10, bruton-vol1 p. 26; 1555 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 10, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 5; 1555/6 Elizabeth ibid. p. 5; 1555 Elizabeth DEmar-vol1 p. 80, bruton-vol1 p. 27; 1556 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 11, Elizabeth ibid. p. 11, bruton-vol1 p. 28, Ellsabeth BarnstapleBap p. 9, Elsabeth ibid. p. 9; 1557 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 11, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 5, bruton-vol1 p. 2; 1558 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 12, Elizabeth SOmar-vol9 p. 1, bruton-vol1 p. 3, Elsabeth StAnthonlin p. 12; 1558–9 Elizabeth StMary-Ke p. 2; 1559 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 13; 1559/60 Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 6; 1559 Elizabeth ibid. p. 6, BEmar-vol2 p. 1, BUmar-vol9 p. 2, BarnstapleBap p. 10, CAmar-vol1 p. 1, SOmar-vol9 p. 1, SaxhamSf p. 1, StAnthonlin p. 13, bruton-vol1 p. 30, Elizabethe SOmar-vol9 p. 2, Elsabeth StAnthonlin p. 13; 1560 Elisabeth ibid. p. 13, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 6, BEmar-vol2 p. 53, BUmar-vol9 p. 3, COmar-vol2 p. 47, DEmar-vol1 p.80, Redruth-Co p. 6, SOmar-vol9 p. 2, bruton-vol1 p. 3, Elizabethe BarnstapleBap p. 10, Elsabeth StAnthonlin p. 13, Elsbeth DU-DSMMar, Elzabeth CAmar-vol1 p. 2; 1561 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 14, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 7, BUmar-vol9 p. 3, COmar-vol2 p. 47, DEmar-vol1 p. 80, OrpingtonKe p. 1, SaxhamSf p. 1, bruton-vol1 p. 31, Elsibeth BarnstapleBap p. 11, Elyzabeth ibid. p. 11, Elzabeth ibid. p. 11, CAmar-vol1 p. 2; 1562 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 14; 1562/3 Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 7; 1562 Elizabeth Redruth-Co p. 6, SaxhamSf p. 1, bruton-vol1 p. 4, Elizabethe OrpingtonKe p. 1, Elsabeth StAnthonlin p. 15, Elyzabeth BarnstapleBap p. 12; 1563 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 15, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 7, BEmar-vol2 p. 29, BUmar-vol9 p. 3, COmar-vol2 p. 48, bruton-vol1 p. 4; 1564 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 17, Elizabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 29, BUmar-vol9 p. 4, DEmar-vol1 p. 81, OrpingtonKe p. 2, Redruth-Co p. 6, bruton-vol1 p. 4, Elsabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 2; 1565 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 17, Elizabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 128, COmar-vol2 p. 48, OrpingtonKe p. 2, bruton-vol1 p. 4, Elzabeth CAmar-vol1 p. 2; 1566 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 18, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 8, BEmar-vol2 p. 30, BUmar-vol9 p. 4, DEmar-vol1 p. 81, OrpingtonKe p. 2, bruton-vol1 p. 4; 1567 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 19, Elizabeth BUmar-vol9 p. 4, bruton-vol1 p. 36, Elsobeth StAnthonlin p. 18, Elzabeth CAmar-vol1 p. 2; 1568 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 19, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 8, DEmar-vol1 p. 82, bruton-vol1 p. 37, Elsabeth StAnthonlin p. 19, Elzabeth CAmar-vol1 p. 2; 1569 Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 8, BUmar-vol9 p. 5, DEmar-vol1 p. 82, bruton-vol1 p. 5, Elsabeth StAnthonlin p. 20; 1570 Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 9, BEmar-vol2 p. 54, BUmar-vol9 p. 5, OrpingtonKe p. 3, bruton-vol1 p. 5, Elsabeth StAnthonlin p. 21, Elzabethe BEmar-vol1 p. 8; 1571 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 21, Elizabeth BUmar-vol9 p. 5, DEmar-vol1 p. 82, OrpingtonKe p. 3, SaxhamSf p. 2, StAnthonlin p. 21, bruton-vol1 p. 6; 1572 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 22, Elizabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 30, BUmar-vol9 p. 5, COmar-vol2 p. 70, SaxhamSf p. 2, bruton-vol1 p. 40; 1573 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 22, Elizabeth BUmar-vol9 p. 5, COmar-vol2 p. 70, SaxhamSf p. 3, bruton-vol1 p. 41, Elzabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 9; 1574 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 23, Elizabeth BUmar-vol9 p. 5, DEmar-vol1 p. 83, SaxhamSf p. 3, bruton-vol1 p. 6, Elzabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 9, CAmar-vol1 p. 3; 1575 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 24, Elizabeth BUmar-vol1 p. 25, BUmar-vol9 p. 5, COmar-vol2 p. 70, DEmar-vol1 p. 83, OrpingtonKe p. 4, SaxhamSf p. 3, bruton-vol1 p. 6; 1576 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 25, Elizabeth BUmar-vol9 p. 5, SaxhamSf p. 3, bruton-vol1 p. 43, Elzabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 10; 1577 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 26, Elizabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 30, BUmar-vol9 p. 6, bruton-vol1 p. 7, Elyzabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 129; 1578 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 26, Elizabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 96, BUmar-vol9 p. 6, COmar-vol2 p. 48, DEmar-vol1 p. 84, SaxhamSf p. 3, bruton-vol1 p. 7, Elzabeth CAmar-vol1 p. 3; 1579 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 27, Elizabeth DEmar-vol1 p. 84, OrpingtonKe p. 5, bruton-vol1 p. 7, Elzabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 10; 1580 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 28, Elizabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 129, BUmar-vol9 p. 6, DEmar-vol1 p. 84, SaxhamSf p. 3, bruton-vol1 p. 7; 1580/1 Elzabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 10; 1581 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 28, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 10, BUmar-vol9 p. 6, COmar-vol2 p. 49, OrpingtonKe p. 6, SaxhamSf p. 3, Elysabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 30, Elyzabeth ibid. p. 130, Elzabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 10; 1581/2 Elzabeth ibid. p. 11; 1582 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 28, Elizabeth BUmar-vol9 p. 7, Elzabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 11, CAmar-vol1 p. 3, Elzabethe BEmar-vol1 p. 11; 1582/3 Elzabethe ibid. p. 11; 1583 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 30, Elizabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 54, CAmar-vol1 p. 129, DEmar-vol1 p. 85, OrpingtonKe p. 6, bruton-vol1 p. 45, Elyzabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 130, Elzabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 11; 1583/4 Elzabethe ibid. p. 11; 1584 Elizabeth ibid. p. 12, BEmar-vol2 p. 30, OrpingtonKe p. 7, SaxhamSf p. 3, bruton-vol1 p. 45, Elyzabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 130, Elzabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 11; 1585 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 31, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 12, BEmar-vol2 p. 96, BUmar-vol9 p. 7, DEmar-vol1 p. 85, SaxhamSf p. 4, bruton-vol1 p. 8; 1586 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 31, Elizabeth BUmar-vol2 p. 141, BUmar-vol9 p. 7, CAmar-vol1 p. 129, COmar-vol2 p. 49, DEmar-vol1 p. 85, OrpingtonKe p. 7, SaxhamSf p. 4, bruton-vol1 p. 47, Elsabeth StAnthonlin p. 32; 1587 Elisabeth ibid. p. 32, Elizabeth OrpingtonKe p. 8, SaxhamSf p. 4, bruton-vol1 p. 8, Elsabeth StAnthonlin p. 32, Elyzabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 130, Elzabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 12; 1587/8 Elzabeth ibid. p. 12; 1588 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 32, Elizabeth bruton-vol1 p. 8; 1588/9 Elsabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 3; 1588 Elyzabeth ibid. p. 130, Elzabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 13, CAmar-vol1 p. 4; 1589 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 33; 1589/90 Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 13; 1589 Elizabeth ibid. p. 13, BEmar-vol2 p. 31, BUmar-vol9 p. 7, CAmar-vol1 p. 130, COmar-vol2 p. 23, DEmar-vol1 p. 85, bruton-vol1 p. 9, Elsabeth StAnthonlin p. 33, Elzabeth CAmar-vol1 p. 4; 1590 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 34, Elizabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 130, BUmar-vol9 p. 7, CAmar-vol1 p. 130, COmar-vol2 p. 49, SaxhamSf p. 4, bruton-vol1 p. 9, Elyzabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 130, Elzabeth CAmar-vol1 p. 4; 1591 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 34, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 14, BEmar-vol2 p. 54, BUmar-vol2 p. 141, BUmar-vol9 p. 8, DEmar-vol1 p. 86, bruton-vol1 p. 51; 1592 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 35, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 15, BEmar-vol2 p. 31, BUmar-vol9 p. 8, DEmar-vol1 p. 86, bruton-vol1 p. 10, Elzabeth CAmar-vol1 p. 5; 1593 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 36, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 16; 1593/4 Elizabeth ibid. p. 16; 1593 Elizabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 4, BUmar-vol9 p. 8, DEmar-vol1 p. 86, OrpingtonKe p. 76, Elizabethe ibid. p. 76, Elyzabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 131; 1594 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 37, Elizabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 31, BUmar-vol9 p. 8, COmar-vol2 p. 50, DEmar-vol1 p. 87, OrpingtonKe p. 9, Elizabethe SaxhamSf p. 4, Elyzabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 131, Elyzabethe SaxhamSf p. 4, Elzabeth CAmar-vol1 p. 5; 1595 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 37, Elizabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 16, BUmar-vol9 p. 9, COmar-vol2 p. 50, SaxhamSf p. 5, bruton-vol1 p. 54, Elzabeth CAmar-vol1 p. 5; 1596 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 37, Elizabeth BUmar-vol9 p. 9, DEmar-vol1 p. 87, bruton-vol1 p. 55, Elizabethe SaxhamSf p. 5, Elzabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 16; 1597 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 38; 1597/8 Elizabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 4; 1597 Elizabeth DEmar-vol1 p. 87, OrpingtonKe p. 9, Elsabeth StAnthonlin p. 39, Elzabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 16, CAmar-vol1 p. 6; 1598 Elisabeth StAnthonlin p. 39, Elizabeth ibid. p. 39, bruton-vol1 p. 11, Elizabethe BUmar-vol1 p. 27, OrpingtonKe p. 9, Elsabeth StAnthonlin p. 39, Elzabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 17; 1599 Elizabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 69, BUmar-vol2 p. 142, CAmar-vol1 p. 143, COmar-vol2 p. 24, DEmar-vol1 p. 88, StAnthonlin p. 39, bruton-vol1 p. 11, Elizabethe OrpingtonKe p. 9, Elyzabeth BEmar-vol2 p. 131, Elyzaibethe DU-DSMMar, Elyzaibeyhe ibid., Elzabeth BEmar-vol1 p. 17; 157– ELizabeth BUmar-vol2 p. 141; ◑ 1567 Eliza BEmar-vol2 p. 95; 1581 Eliza DEmar-vol2 p. 6; 1582 Eliza ibid. p. 8; 1584 Eliza ibid. p. 10; 1594 Eliza ibid. p. 29; 1595 Eliza ibid. p. 32; 1597 Ebbet ibid. p. 36, Ebbot ibid. p. 37

Estonia

Middle Low German: ● 1376 Elzebe BbRT p. 335

France

Latin: ● c823 Elisabet (nom) irminon-vol2 6, Palatiolum; 937x993 Helisabet (abl) St-Bernard-Romans no. 99; 1115 Helisabeth (abl) CartNDJosaphat VI; 1120 Helisabeth (abl) ibid. VIII; 1138x1162 Elisabet (abl) clairvaux-12thc 82, Elisabeth (nom) ibid. 78, Helizabeth (nom) ibid. 78; 1147 Elisabeth (nom) ibid. 19, Helisabet (abl) ibid. 18; 1147x1162 Elisabeth (nom) ibid. 44, Elysabeth (nom) ibid. 44, Erlisabeth (nom) ibid. 55, Helysabeth (nom) ibid. 44; 1161 Helisabeth (abl) CartNDJosaphat p. 32; 1163 Helisabet (gen) clairvaux-12thc 99; 1163–64 Elisabeth (nom) ibid. 107; 1164 Elisabeth (nom) ibid. 120, Elisabez (nom) ibid. 120; 1257 Elisabeth (nom) ArrestReg-volI II, Pentecost; 1378 Elizabeth (nom) hanquetvol1 1388

Germany

Latin: ● 1145 Elisabet (nom) mairhofer XIX; 1221 Elizabet (nom) hennes-vol1 61; 1225 Elyzabeth (nom) ibid. 67; 1257 Elyzabeth (gen) quix-vol1 114
Early New High German: ● 1402 Elspet (nom) mairhofer DCLXXII; 1497 Elsbeth Nurn1497 528, Elßbeth ibid. 2551; ◑ 1497 Ell Nurn1497 1659, Els ibid. 36, Elß ibid. 2720

Italy

Latin: ● 1265x1339 Eliçabet (nom) BBC-Berg 77; 1527 Elisabetha (nom) Rome1527 p. 88

Scotland

Latin: ● 1456 Elizabeth (gen) morton-vol1 14; ◑ 1376 Ibbota (abl) morton-vol1 16, Ibbote (dat) ibid. 16
Scots: ● c1550 Elezabeth CartNBer p. xxiv

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