Significado e História
Elžbieta é a forma lituana de Elizabeth, um dos nomes mais duradouros e amplamente usados no mundo ocidental. O nome bíblico Elizabeth origina-se do hebraico ʾElishevaʿ, que significa "meu Deus é um juramento" — uma combinação de ʾel (Deus) e shavaʿ (juramento). Essa etimologia destaca um profundo significado religioso, pois o nome expressa uma aliança entre o portador e o divino. No Antigo Testamento, Elisheba é esposa de Aarão, enquanto no Novo Testamento, Elizabeth é mãe de João Batista, conforme relatado no Evangelho de Lucas. A forma grega Elisabet levou o nome por toda a Europa cristianizada, onde se tornou extremamente popular em várias formas locais.
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Other Languages & Cultures
(Armenian)
Zabel (Basque)
Elixabete (Biblical)
Elisheba (English)
Elizabeth (Swedish)
Elisabeth, Elisabet (Hebrew)
Elisheva (Macedonian)
Elisaveta (Hungarian)
Elizabet (Slovene)
Elizabeta, Ela 1 (Czech)
Alžběta (Slovene)
Izabela (Slovak)
Eliška (Spanish)
Liliana (Swedish)
Isabella (Danish)
Betina (Italian)
Bettina (Spanish)
Eli 3 (Swedish)
Elise, Ella 2 (Norwegian)
Else (Danish)
Elsebeth (German)
Lilli (Swedish)
Lilly, Lis, Lisa, Lisbet, Lisbeth, Lise (Norwegian)
Liss (Danish)
Lissi (Medieval French)
Isabeau (Spanish)
Isabel (Swedish)
Isabelle (German)
Babette (Dutch)
Betje (German)
Elly (Dutch)
Els, Elsje (German)
Ilse (Spanish)
Isa 2 (German)
Lies (Dutch)
Liesbeth (German)
Liese (Dutch)
Liesje, Lijsbeth, Lize (English)
Bell, Bella, Belle, Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Bette, Bettie, Betty, Bettye, Buffy (Spanish)
Elisa (English)
Elissa 2 (Romanian)
Eliza (English)
Elle, Ellie (Swedish)
Elsa (English)
Elsabeth (Swedish)
Elsie (English)
Elyse, Elyzabeth, Ibbie, Isbel, Isebella, Isi 2, Issy, Izabelle, Izzy, Leanna, Leesa (Romanian)
Liana (English)
Libbie, Libby, Liddy, Lilian (Polish)
Lilianna (English)
Lilibet, Lilibeth, Lillia, Lillian, Lilliana, Lillie (French)
Lisette (English)
Liz (Russian)
Liza (Spanish (Latin American))
Lizbeth (English)
Lizette, Lizzie, Lizzy, Lysette, Sabella, Tetty (Estonian)
Eliisabet, Eliise, Elo, Liis (Finnish)
Liisa, Liisi (Estonian)
Liisu (Finnish)
Eliisa, Elsi, Iisa (French)
Élisabeth, Élise (Hungarian)
Lili (French)
Liliane, Lilianne, Lison, Lyliane, Lys (Limburgish)
Bet (Frisian)
Elske (Galician)
Sabela (Georgian)
Elisabed, Eliso (Portuguese)
Elza (German)
Elsbeth, Elli 2, Ilsa, Isabell, Liesa, Liesel, Liesl, Tina (Greek)
Elisavet (Hawaiian)
Elikapeka (Hungarian)
Erzsébet (Russian)
Izabella (Hungarian)
Bözsi, Erzsi, Liliána, Lilien, Zsóka (Icelandic)
Elísabet, Ísabella, Elísa (Irish)
Eilís, Eilish, Isibéal, Sibéal (Italian)
Elisabetta (Portuguese)
Elizabete (Latvian)
Jeļizaveta, Elīza, Ilze (Macedonian)
Beti, Veta (Manx)
Ealisaid (Medieval English)
Ibb (Swedish)
Lill (Occitan)
Isabèl (Polish)
Elżbieta (Slovene)
Iza (Portuguese)
Belinha, Elisabete (Spanish)
Isabela (Portuguese (Brazilian))
Isabele, Izabel, Lílian (Romanian)
Elisabeta (Russian)
Elizaveta, Yelizaveta, Lizaveta (Scottish)
Elspet, Elspeth, Ishbel, Isobel, Lilias, Lillias (Scottish Gaelic)
Ealasaid, Iseabail, Beileag, Lileas (Serbian)
Jelisaveta, Jela, Jelica (Slovak)
Alžbeta (Slovene)
Špela (Spanish)
Ysabel (Swedish)
Elsy (Ukrainian)
Yelyzaveta, Yelysaveta (Welsh)
Bethan