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Lizette

girl name
Origin
French
Syllables
2
Peak era
1980s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

variant of Lisette, French pet form of Elizabeth ('God is my oath')

Lizette around the world

One shared root links 26 names across 6 languages.

Shared root: from Hebrew Elisheva "God is my oath"; medieval Iberia split off Isabel, and the nursery split off nearly everything else

The constellation

LizetteEnglish · diminutiveElizabethEnglishElisabethGermanIsabelSpanishIsabellaItalianIsabelleFrenchIsobelScottish
19 more branches of this family
ElizaEnglish · short formEliseFrench · short formElyseEnglish · variantElisaItalian · short formElsaGerman · short formElsieScottish · diminutiveBethEnglish · short formBettyEnglish · diminutiveBettieEnglish · variantBetsyEnglish · diminutiveBetteEnglish · diminutiveBessieEnglish · diminutiveLizaEnglish · short formLizzieEnglish · diminutiveLisaEnglish · short formLizEnglish · short formLizbethEnglish · short formLibbyEnglish · diminutiveIsabellGerman · variant

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1980s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lizette peaked in the 1980s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

See popularity in Brazil

Popularity in Brazil

171 people · the #28,378 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 73

1930s1940s1950s1960s

Among people named Lizette living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Lizette

Most people given the name Lizette in the United States were born between 1980 and 2009. The Lizette you meet today is most often in her 20s or 30s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Lizette

Charlotte Arlette Annette Lucille Lorraine Louise

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