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elizabeth | alex |

As proper nouns the difference between elizabeth and alex

is that elizabeth is , popular since the 16th century while alex is .

elizabeth

English

Alternative forms

* Elisabeth

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • , popular since the 16th century.
  • * 1595 , Amoretti , LXXIV:
    • Most happy letters! framed by skilful trade, / With which that happy name was first designed, - - - / Ye three Elizabeths ! for ever live, / That three such graces did unto me give.
  • * 1988 Barbara Vine ( = ), The House of Stairs , p.21:
    • "Because if you say it over and over to yourself, darling, it really is a quite strange-sounding name, isn't it? It's just as strange as any other from the Old Testament, Mehetabel or Hepsibah or Shulamith, and any of them might have got to be as fashionable as Elizabeth if a queen had been called by them.
  • * 1993 , Gone But Not Forgotten , Bantam Books ISBN 0553569031 p.25:
    • No one ever called Elizabeth' Tannenbaum stunning, but most men found her attractive. Hardly anyone called her '''Elizabeth''', either. An "' Elizabeth " was regal, cool, an eyecatching beauty. A "Betsy" was pleasant to look at, a tiny bit overweight, capable, but still fun to be with.
  • The mother of John the Baptist .
  • * 1380s Wycliffe version of the Bible: Luke 1:5 :
    • In the daies of Eroude, kyng of Judee, ther was a prest, Sakarie bi name, of the sorte of Abia, and his wijf was of the douytris of Aaron, and hir name was Elizabeth .
  • Elisheba, the wife of Aaron.
  • * 1380s Wycliffe version of the Bible: Exodus 6:23 :
    • Sotheli Aaron took a wijf, Elizabeth ,the douytir of Amynadab, the sistr of Naason.

    Related terms

    * Elizabethan * Bess * Bessie * Bessy * Bet * Beth * Betsy * Bettie * Betty * Biz * Elisabet * Elisabeth * Elise * Eliza * Ellie * Elsa * Elsie * Elspeth * Isabel * Isabella * Isabelle * Izzy * Libby * Lilly * Lily * Lisa * Lise * Lisetta * Lisette * Liz * Liza * Lizardbreath * Lisbeth * Lizbeth * Lizzie * Lizzy * Yelizaveta

    See also

    * (pedialite)

    alex

    English

    Proper noun

    (es)
  • .
  • * 2006 (Kate Atkinson), One Good Turn (Black Swan(2007), ISBN 9780552772440), page 81:
  • *:Martin was pretty dull as names went but 'Alex' Blake' had a certain dash to it. His publishers hadn't considered Martin's own name to be 'punchy' enough. The pseudonym ' Alex Blake was chosen after much deliberation, most of which excluded Martin. 'A strong, no-nonsense sort of name', his editor said, 'to compensate'. For what, she didn't say.
  • , short form of Alexandra or the female name Alexis, or a spelling variant of Alix.
  • * 2008 , The Northern Clemency (Harpercollins, ISBN 9780007174799), page 588:
    • 'I had a Christmas card from someone calling herself Alex the year before last,' Daniel said. 'I couldn't think who it was.'
    'Oh, yes, she's changed again,' Alice said. 'I never got used to Alexandra, either. It never occurred to me that Sandra was short for Alexandra - anyway, she's Sandra on her birth certificate.'

    Anagrams

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