Lizzie
Meaning
traditionally God is my oath
The formal names behind Lizzie
Lizzie is an established short form of this name.
Elizabeth · Hebrew origin · "God is my oath," from the Hebrew Elisheva; the great durable classic of English girl names, worn by two reigning queens and rarely out of the US top 30 in over a century of records. Its nickname wealth is unmatched: Liz, Beth, Eliza, Betsy, Libby
Lizzie 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
19 more branches of this family
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lizzie peaked in the 1890s.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
654 people · the #11,084 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 333,333 · median age 2
Among people named Lizzie living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 394 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Lizzie deep dive
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