Hebrew · Girl name
Lisbeth
“God is my oath”
About the name Lisbeth
Lisbeth is a short form of Elisabeth meaning ‘God is my oath’. It is derived from the Hebrew ‘Elisheva’, the name of Aaron’s wife in the Book of Exodus. In the New Testament, Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist. Elizabeth I was a queen of England and the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. Lisbeth is used in Scandinavian, German and Dutch, and Lisbeth Salander is the central character of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium novels.
- Meaning
- God is my oath
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- LIZ-beth(2 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Lisbeth
- Lisbeth Marie
- Lisbeth Sofia
- Lisbeth Elisabeth
- Lisbeth Karin
- Lisbeth Annika
Questions about Lisbeth
- What does Lisbeth mean?
- Lisbeth is a Hebrew name meaning "God is my oath".
- How do you pronounce Lisbeth?
- Lisbeth is pronounced LIZ-beth, with emphasis on the first syllable.
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