As proper nouns the difference between lisa and beth
is that lisa is while beth is a diminutive of the female given names elizabeth, elisabeth, and sometimes bethany also a formal given name or middle name.
lisa
English
Proper noun
(
s)
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- You were born in the '70s? Were you named after on As the World Turns?
Usage notes
* Taken to general use as a full English given name in early 20th century. Very popular in the U.S. in the 1960s, and in the U.K. a decade later.
Quotations
* 1868 Concocted by William Meynell Whittmore (and others): Sunshine : page 138:
*: Elizabeth coloured.
*: "Oh, I don't want the doll called after me, if that is what you mean," she said, rather disdainfully.
*: "Nonsense, Lisa !" laughed her father, "you ought to consider yourself highly honoured to have such a handsome lady as this for your namesake."
* 1997 , Moon Tiger . Grove Press. ISBN0802135331
*: Lisa' is a better name. Claudia bangs, like the gong in the hall at Sotleigh. Bang - whoom! ' Lisa makes a nice silky noise, like streams or rain.
* 2007 , My Latest Grievance ISBN 0618872353 page 16:
*: Did I want to be burdened with a common name? Be the third Lisa and fourth Susan in my classroom? Darleen or Doreen or Maureen?
*: I did.
Anagrams
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beth
English
Alternative forms
* bet
* beyt
Noun
name of the second letter of the Aramaic alphabet,
name of the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet,
name of the second letter of the Syriac alphabet,
See also
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