Elisabeth
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name of popular usage, variant of Elisabet.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Elisabeth (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Elisabeth has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2019. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 39 |
| 1999 | 31 |
| 2000 | 27 |
| 2001 | 17 |
| 2002 | 25 |
| 2003 | 28 |
| 2004 | 24 |
| 2005 | 22 |
| 2006 | 25 |
| 2007 | 25 |
| 2008 | 28 |
| 2009 | 25 |
| 2010 | 26 |
| 2011 | 26 |
| 2012 | 36 |
| 2013 | 32 |
| 2014 | 33 |
| 2015 | 35 |
| 2016 | 24 |
| 2017 | 21 |
| 2018 | 31 |
| 2019 | 40 |
| 2020 | 25 |
| 2021 | 19 |
| 2022 | 33 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 18,943 |
| 2000 | 19,081 |
| 2001 | 19,197 |
| 2002 | 19,323 |
| 2003 | 19,552 |
| 2004 | 19,712 |
| 2005 | 19,676 |
| 2006 | 19,691 |
| 2007 | 19,699 |
| 2008 | 19,935 |
| 2009 | 19,954 |
| 2010 | 19,999 |
| 2011 | 19,972 |
| 2012 | 19,966 |
| 2013 | 19,962 |
| 2014 | 19,949 |
| 2015 | 19,956 |
| 2016 | 19,905 |
| 2017 | 19,844 |
| 2018 | 19,760 |
| 2019 | 19,752 |
| 2020 | 19,725 |
Elisabeth in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Elisabeth.Hi! My name is Elisabeth.
- Elisabeth har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Elisabeth has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Elisabeth kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Elisabeth is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Elisabeths mamma är lärare.Elisabeth's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Elisabeths mamma is Elisabeth's mum.
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Questions about Elisabeth
How do you pronounce Elisabeth in Swedish?
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What does the name Elisabeth mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name of popular usage, variant of Elisabet.
How popular is Elisabeth in Sweden?
33 babies were named Elisabeth in 2022. In 2020, 19,725 people in Sweden had Elisabeth as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2019 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.