Lizzette
Feminine · “my God is an oath”
A French ending has been fastened to an English nickname. Liz is an English clipping of a Hebrew name, produced by cutting a four-syllable word down to one; -ette is a French diminutive suffix, and putting the two together produces a name that belongs to neither language.
How old is the name Lizzette?
Lizzette first appears in US birth records in 1917 — 108 years ago. The typical Lizzette alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 1,700 people named Lizzette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lizzette most popular?
Lizzette peaked in 1967, reaching #1559 nationally. See the whole 1967 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Elizabeth to Lizzette
The story of Lizzette
The parent name is shortened from both ends and from the middle, which almost nothing else manages. Beth and Betty take the back; Eliza and Elsie take the front; Lisa and Liza take the middle, cutting on both sides. Very few names are long enough and common enough for all three operations to have been performed and to have stuck, and the result is that a single four-syllable name has produced a dozen independent names that most speakers no longer recognize as relatives.
Meaningscholars disagree
my God is an oath
The Hebrew name behind it is usually read this way, with the second element also explained as abundance. Neither reading is secure, and two shortenings stand between it and this form.
How the name formed
- Elizabeth
- Liz
- Lizzette
Pronouncing Lizzette
li-ZET
Two syllables with the weight at the back, as the French ending requires. The front is unstressed and reduces.
Nicknames for Lizzette
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
- 1917
- Most girls named
- 199963 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1559reached in 1967
- Change vs 2020
- 0.0%5 in 2022, from 5
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.
Lizzettes among us
people named Lizzette are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Lizzette sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Liz sits inside it as a completely established short form.
- The stress at the back gives it a decisive finish.
- The parent name is ancient and recognized everywhere.
- Lisette and Lizette are both commoner and get substituted.
- The doubled z is unusual in English and gets queried.
- It is closely tied to the decades of its use.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lizzettes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Lizzette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lizzette in 2025?
- Lizzette is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Lizzette with classmates?
- Lizzette will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More L names
The most-given names starting with L, all years combined.
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