Names

Welsh diminutive of Elizabeth.

Short form of Elizabeth, or sometimes Bethany.

The name of the star that marks the right shoulder of the constellation Orion. It is derived from Arabic يد الجوزا (yad al-Jawza) meaning “the hand of Jawza”. جوزا (Jawza) meaning “central one” was the old Arabic name for the constellation Orion (also for Gemini).

Spanish form of Bethany.

Portuguese form of Bethany.

Frisian and Limburgish short form of Elisabeth.

Means “melody” in Turkish.

Diminutive of Elizabeth.

Meaning uncertain, possibly from Greek βῆσσα (bessa) meaning “wooded valley”. This was the name of a 5th-century Egyptian hermit who was a disciple of Saint Anthony the Great. It was later adopted by the scholar Basilios Bessarion (1403-1472), a Greek born in Byzantine Anatolia who became a Roman Catholic bishop.

Diminutive of Elizabeth.