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Elizabeth

has given more variants than any other Christian name: Eliza, Isa, Isabel, Lizzy, Elizabeth, Elisabetta, Betty, Bettina, Bess, Bessy, etc.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Eligibles and Detrimentals
Elijah’s Melons
Eliminate
Eliot (George)
Eliott’s Tailors
Elissa
Elissa (deficiency or parsimony; Greek, ellipsis)
Elivâger
Elixir of Life
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Elizabeth of Hungary (St.)
Elizabethan
Ell (Anglo-Saxon eln, an ell)
Ell-wand (The King’s)
Ella, or Alla
Elliot
Ellyllon
Elmo’s Fire (St.)
Elohim
Elohistic and Jehovistic Scriptures