Lizet
Feminine · “my God is an oath”
French made Lisette out of Elisabeth by taking the middle and adding a small ending. Spanish took Lisette and made it Lizeth, with a z and a final h that neither the French nor the Hebrew ever had. Lizet drops that h again — which leaves a name that has passed through three languages and come out five letters long.
How old is the name Lizet?
Lizet first appears in US birth records in 1966 — 59 years ago. The typical Lizet alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 2,500 people named Lizet are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lizet most popular?
Lizet peaked in 1999, reaching #1174 nationally. Today it ranks #13208, 12,034 places below that high. See the whole 1999 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Elisheva to Lizet
The story of Lizet
Elizabeth generated more short forms than almost any other name — Beth, Bess, Betty, Betsy, Eliza, Elsa, Lisa, Lise, Lisette, Ilse — and French contributed several of them. Lisette traveled into Spanish, where it acquired a z, and into Latin American naming, where the final h became standard: Lizeth is a genuinely common name in Mexico and Colombia. Lizet is the version without the h, and American records show it concentrated in California and rising through the 1990s.
Meaningscholars disagree
my God is an oath
From the Hebrew Elisheva. The first element is God and the second is read either as an oath or as abundance, and English name books have printed each of them confidently for two centuries. The -et ending is French and adds affection rather than meaning.
How the name formed
- Elisheva
- Elisabeth
- Lisette
- Lizet
Related forms: Lizeth · Lisette · Elisheva
Pronouncing Lizet
lee-SET
Two syllables with the stress at the back, following the French shape. In Spanish the z is said as an s in the Americas, so Lizet and Liset sound the same there. English speakers often say LIZ-et with the weight in front.
Nicknames for Lizet
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
- 1966
- Most girls named
- 1999165 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1174reached in 1999
- Change vs 2023
- −14.3%6 in 2025, from 7
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.
Lizet in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lizeth in Spanish — spelling variant
- Lisette in French — same name
- Elisheva in Hebrew — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Lizets among us
people named Lizet are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 267,878 born in 2025 was named Lizet
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 Ricky test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lizet's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ricky climbed just as high around 1959, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ricky's path sketches the road Lizet is walking now.
Lizet 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
Lizet beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lizet in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Liz is available immediately and needs no explanation anywhere.
- The name behind it is among the most documented in the language.
- Five letters, two syllables, and easy in both Spanish and English.
- It works in a bilingual household without respelling.
- Lizeth is the commoner Spanish spelling and will be written instead by many.
- The stress is unsettled between the front and the back in American use.
- Lisette, Lizette and Liseth all appear, so the spelling has to be dictated.
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Feminine · #13208 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Lizets are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,500 people named Lizet are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lizet in 2025?
- Lizet ranks #13208 among US girl names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lizet?
- About 1 in every 267,878 US girls born in 2025 was named Lizet — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lizet with classmates?
- Lizet will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Lizet
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