Meanings
- A female given name from Latin, variant of Elizabeth.
“I beg your pardon,” began the stranger, “but is this where Miss Elizabetha Shannon—why, Betty!”
1936 April, Marie Butler Coffey, “‘Seek after Peace’”, in The Catholic World […], volume CXLIII, number 853, New York, N.Y.: Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 65, column 24 more examples
The following residents of New York City passed the examination: […] Elizabetha Dunford, 110 Morningside Drive.
1922 May 28, “Pass Bar Examinations. New Yorkers Who Succeeded in March Test Are Listed at Albany.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCSometimes Tacy enlivened the envelope by putting the stamp on upside down to signify love, or by addressing her with some grandiloquent string of names such as Miss Elizabetha Gwendolyn Madeline Angeline Rosemond Ray, or by adding BC for Best Chum or HHAS for Herbert Humphreys Admiration Society.
1945, Maud Hart Lovelace, “The Farm”, in Heaven to Betsy (A Betsy-Tacy High School Story; 5), New York, N.Y.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, →ISBN, page 7Supervising the work of this branch is Agent Sherman Bates assisted by Mrs. Bates and Mrs. Elizabetha Doward.
1953 March, “Annual Report of Animal Service: February 1, 1952—January 31, 1953”, in Carlton E. Buttrick, editor, Our Fourfooted Friends, volume 50, number 1, Boston, Mass.: Animal Rescue League of Boston, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20, column 2Mr. Bargains is survived by […] daughters, Mrs. Mary A. Robinson, Miss Elizabetha A. Bargains, Mrs. Betty Jean Turner, Miss Linda D. Brown Bargains and Miss Linda Johnson, all of Jackson; […]
1987 June 16, “[Deaths] Arde Bargains”, in The Clarion-Ledger, final edition, volume 151, number 85, Jackson, Miss., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2B, column 1
Origin
- LatinElizabētha
- EnglishElizabetha
Learned borrowing from Latin Elizabētha.
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Elizabetha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Elizabetha
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