Lisseth
Feminine · “my God is an oath”
There is an ending in Central American Spanish that comes from one name. Elizabeth gave Spanish a final -th it had no other use for, and it has been attached to other names ever since: Lisseth, Yamileth, Nayeleth, Ariceth. A borrowed English consonant became a decorative Spanish suffix.
How old is the name Lisseth?
Lisseth first appears in US birth records in 1981 — 44 years ago. The typical Lisseth alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 700 people named Lisseth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lisseth most popular?
Lisseth peaked in 2005, reaching #3366 nationally. Today it ranks #11932, 8,566 places below that high. See the whole 2005 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Elisabeth to Lisseth
The story of Lisseth
Spanish has no th sound of the English kind, and no native words end in one, so the ending in Elizabeth was always going to be treated as an ornament rather than a sound. In Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua it detached and became productive: names that never had a th acquired one, and the result is a set of spellings that exist nowhere else in the Spanish-speaking world. It is one of the clearest cases anywhere of a foreign spelling feature being borrowed as pure decoration and then used systematically. Underneath, the name is Lisette, which is Elisabeth shortened twice and dressed once.
Meaning
my God is an oath, at two removes
The name is Lisette, the French double diminutive of Elisabeth, from Hebrew Elisheva. The -th ending is not part of it: it was added in Central American Spanish on the model of Elizabeth, where the th is genuine, and it carries no meaning of its own.
How the name formed
- Elisabeth
- Lisette
- Lisseth
Related forms: Lizeth · Lisette
Pronouncing Lisseth
lee-SET
Two syllables, stress on the second. The th at the end is silent in Spanish — it is a spelling, not a sound. English readers who pronounce it produce a word Spanish speakers will not recognize.
Nicknames for Lisseth
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1981
- Most girls named
- 200545 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3366reached in 2005
- Change vs 2024
- −46.2%7 in 2025, from 13
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lisseth in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lizeth in Spanish — spelling variant
- Lisette in French — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Lisseths among us
people named Lisseth are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 229,610 born in 2025 was named Lisseth
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Rafael test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lisseth's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rafael climbed just as high around 1977, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rafael's path sketches the road Lisseth is walking now.
Lisseth sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Lisseth beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lisseth in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented Hebrew meaning at the end of a traceable chain.
- It belongs to an identifiable regional naming practice rather than a general fashion.
- Two syllables and an unmistakable stress once the ending is understood.
- The th is not pronounced and English readers will pronounce it every time.
- Lizeth, Liseth and Lisset are all in use and none is standard.
- The ending is borrowed decoration, which is worth knowing before someone asks what it means.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lisseths are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Lisseth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lisseth in 2025?
- Lisseth ranks #11932 among US girl names in 2025, with 7 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lisseth?
- About 1 in every 229,610 US girls born in 2025 was named Lisseth — 7 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lisseth with classmates?
- Lisseth will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Lisseth
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