Swedish and German short form of Elisabeth, from Hebrew Elisheba; propelled to global attention by Stieg Larsson's character Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Nicknames
lis · bet
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
The Larsson effect gave it gritty literary cool; ages well with that association rather than despite it.
The cultural moment.
Rose in Sweden and Germany after The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo's global success from 2005 onward.