Variations of Elizabeth

ferris0906

So I love the name Elizabeth but don't love how common it is.  I have been looking at variations of Elizabeth and came across a few I like and would love your thoughts.

1. Elspeth (Welsh)

2. Elisabetta (Italian).

Thoughts?  Other variations? 

StephCripps

my cousin named her daughter Elisabeth

 

with an 'S'

not sure if it makes that much of a difference really but it's unique

alehayes

My favorite has always been Liesel.

baba09

Elsa

Elisabeth

Lisbet

Lillibet (?)

Lisette

pennyandandy

Eliza, Elise

I don't mind Elisabetta, but don't care for Elspeth

PinkPiano

My great great grandmother was Elsbeth.  It's my dd's middle name so I obviously like it. 

ravenorchid

I think it partly depends on your last name/ background. Elspeth is pretty, but I think it wouldn't flow with a Latin or Italian last name (and the reverse for Elisabetta, though that name is NMS). I like Eliza personally. There's also Lisbeth (Scandinavian).

ChavayJakov

There's a cute Aussie version I've come across that I've been considering: Elizabby

MBfromBMC

I have an acquaintance named Elsbeth and I LOVE Eliza and Elisabeth.  Elisabetta is a bit much, IMHO.

ILoveRedVino

I think Elisabetta is gorgeous.

ferris0906

Thanks for your thoughts...lots more to think about!

oliversbear

I have liked Elspeth since I saw The Flame Trees of Thika (Elspeth Huxley's memoir of her time on a Kenyan tea plantation).  Of the two you have listed, I would pick Elspeth.

Have you considered the Russian variant, Elizaveta, or perhaps Lisette, or Elissa?  Or going in a slightly different direction, what about Annalisa?

AlphabetFish

Elzbieta, the Polish version I believe.

starlight8323

The capitalized ones are because I copy and pasted them from BehindTheName, and I couldn't make them lower case because they have accent marks that I don't know how to type.

Variations of Elizabeth:
AL?BETA- Czech
AL?BETA- Slovak
Ealasaid- Scottish
Ealisaid- Manx
Eilis- Irish
Eilish- Irish
Eliisabet- Estonian (Eliisa)
Elikapeka- Hawaiian
EL?SABET- Icelandic
Elisabet- Scandinavian, Finnish, Biblical Greek
Elisabeta- Romanian
Elisabete- Portuguese
?LISABETH- French
Elisabeth- German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Biblical (Variant), Biblical Latin
Elisabeti- Old Church Slavic
Elisabetta- Italian
Elisavet- Greek
Elisaveta- Bulgarian, Macedonian
Elsabeth- English (Rare)
Elspet- Scottish
Elspeth- Scottish
Elyzabeth- English (Rare)
EL?BIETA- Lithuanian
ELZBIETA- Polish
ERZS?BET- Hungarian (Erzsi, Boszi)
Jelisaveta- Serbian
Liesbeth- Dutch (Liese, Liesje)
Lieselotte- German
Lijsbeth- Dutch
Lilibeth- English
Liselot- Dutch
Liselotte- German, Danish (Lotte)
Lizaveta- Russian
Lizbeth- English
Yelizaveta- Russian

BelleIsa

We went with Elisabeth as a middle name - we're French so we used the French spelling.  Everyone LOVES DDs name and I get so many nice comments about it.

bethann3181

My fn is Beth - not Elizabeth.  You could do something like that.  I also have a good friend named Lisabeth - I love it.