Lisbeth
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name derived from Elisabet.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Lisbeth (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. 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.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 3 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 10,853 |
| 2000 | 10,815 |
| 2001 | 10,782 |
| 2002 | 10,760 |
| 2003 | 10,730 |
| 2004 | 10,717 |
| 2005 | 10,670 |
| 2006 | 10,644 |
| 2007 | 10,616 |
| 2008 | 10,570 |
| 2009 | 10,504 |
| 2010 | 10,480 |
| 2011 | 10,417 |
| 2012 | 10,337 |
| 2013 | 10,272 |
| 2014 | 10,194 |
| 2015 | 10,108 |
| 2016 | 10,031 |
| 2017 | 9,951 |
| 2018 | 9,854 |
| 2019 | 9,745 |
| 2020 | 9,613 |
Lisbeth in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lisbeth.Hi! My name is Lisbeth.
- Har du träffat Lisbeth? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Lisbeth? She started working here on Monday.
- Lisbeth har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Lisbeth has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Lisbeths mamma är lärare.Lisbeth's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lisbeths mamma is Lisbeth's mum.
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Questions about Lisbeth
How do you pronounce Lisbeth in Swedish?
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What does the name Lisbeth mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name derived from Elisabet.
How popular is Lisbeth in Sweden?
3 babies were named Lisbeth in 2022. In 2020, 9,613 people in Sweden had Lisbeth as the first name they go by.
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.