Elizabeth: From the Hebrew Eliyshebha, which St. Jerome translates "oath of my God"; Simonis, "oath of God"; Tregelles, "to whom God is the oath, who swears by God," i.e., worshipper of God; and Jones, "God of the seventh oath of my God, of God is her oath"; from El "God," shebha, "seven"; also an oath. Danish, Elisabeth; Dutch, Elizabeth; French, Elisabeth; German, Elisabeth; Italian, Elisabetta; Latin, Elizabetha; Spanish, Isabel.

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