What does the name Elizabeth mean?

Elizabeth means "God is my oath, pledged to God". It is a girl's name of Malayalam origin.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth means God is my oath, pledged to God.

Gender	girl
Origin	Malayalam
Language	Malayalam
Starts with	E

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “God is my oath, pledged to God”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Elizabath — God is my oath, Kerala Christian form

More girls' names of Malayalam origin

Anaswara — Eternal, indestructible
Fathima — Daughter of the Prophet, one who abstains
Athira — Quick, fast, swift like lightning
Mariam — Beloved, bitter sea, Kerala Christian
Aleena — Noble, soft, delicate, silky
Ayisha — Alive, prosperous, wife of Prophet

Where this comes from

Elizabeth has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.