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What does Elspeth mean?

Elspeth Pronunciation of Elspeth as a girls' name is pronounced ELS-peth. It is of Scottish and Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Elspeth is "God is my oath". Scottish short form of Elizabeth. Author Elspeth Huxley.

STARTS/ENDS WITH El-, -th

ASSOCIATED WITH scottish, oath

Variations

VARIANTS Elsbeth, Elsbet, Elspet, Elspie

SEE ALSO Elsie

RELATED FORMS VIA ELIZABETH Ebeth, Elisabeth▼, Elisebeth, Elizbeth, Ellspet, Elsabeth, Else, Elsee, Elsie▼, Elzabeth, Lisbeth▼, Lysbeth

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Elspeth Sanaa (E.S.), ..

How popular is Elspeth?

Elspeth is a rare given name for females. Elspeth is also a rare surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Elizabeth (#13 FROM RECENT DATA), Elsie (#280), Elisabeth (#789), Elizbeth, Else and Lisbeth are the prominent variation forms of Elspeth (NOT RANKED). Other forms, like Ellspet, are uncommon. Usage of these relations of Elspeth reached its apex in the 1890s (MEDIAN #909) and has become significantly less since (#1180, DOWN 74%), with versions such as Elsie becoming somewhat dated. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Elisabeth, Elizabeth, Elizbeth, Else, Elsie, Lisbeth in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Elizabeth, Elsie outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Elshe and Liseth. Like Elspeth, these names are not commonly used.

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