Liseth

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Liseth by the numbers

Liseth was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 43 babies in 1999, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Liseth

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Liseth. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lizethgod is my oath; a form of Elizabeth123 in the US (2017)
  • Lisbethgod's oath; a form of Elisabeth44 in the US (2017)
  • Lissethbee; a form of Melissa14 in the US (2017)
  • Lineth5 in the US (2017)
  • Lilithof the night, spirit of night120 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lizbethgod is my oath; a form of Elizabeth288 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Liseth

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