{{Short description|Female name; Scottish form of Elizabeth}} {{Infobox given name | name = Elspeth | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Female | meaning = Chosen or consecrated by God,<ref name="BNW">{{cite web|url=http://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/girl/elspeth|title=Elspeth|publisher=Baby Name Wizard}}</ref> pledged by God<ref name="Nameberry">{{cite web|url=http://nameberry.com/babyname/Elspeth|title=Elspeth|publisher=Nameberry}}</ref> | region = Scotland | origin = Scots | related names = Elizabeth | footnotes = }} '''Elspeth''' or '''Elspet''' is a feminine given name, which is the Scottish form of Elizabeth. It means "chosen by God" or "consecrated by God".
The name may refer to: {{TOC right}} ==People== *Elspeth Attwooll (born 1943), English politician *Elspeth Ballantyne (born 1939), Australian actress *Elspeth Barker (1940–2022), Scottish writer *Elspeth Beard (born 1959), English motorcyclist *Elspeth Buchan (1738–1791), Scottish religious leader *Elspeth Cameron (1943–2025), Canadian writer *Elspeth Campbell (1940–2023), English political spouse *Elspeth Champcommunal (1888–1976), English fashion designer and editor *Elspeth Denning (born 1956), Australian field hockey player *Elspeth Duxbury (1909–1967) English actress *Elspeth Eric (1907–1993), American actress *Elspeth Garman (born 1955), English scientist *Elspeth Gibson (born 1963), English fashion designer *Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre (1968), American professor of classics *Elspet Gray (1929–2013), Scottish actress *Elspeth Hanson (born 1986), English musician *Elspeth Howe (1932–2022), English public servant *Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997), Kenyan writer *Elspeth Kennedy (1921–2006), English scholar *Elspeth March (1911–1999), English actress *Elspeth McLachlan (born 1942), Australian scientist *Elspeth Probyn (1958–2025), Australian writer *Elspeth Reoch (died 1616), alleged Scottish witch *Elspeth Rostow (1917–2007), American educator *Elspeth Sandys (born 1940), New Zealand author *Elspeth Seton Cochrane (1916–2011), British actress, playwright, stage manager *Elspeth Thompson (1961–2010), English journalist Granddaughter of Scottish footballer Humphrey Gouldie Hunter, Australian lawyer and entrepreneur
==Fiction== * Elspeth, character in the ''Evil Genius'' series by Catherine Jinks * Elspeth, apprentice sorceress in the animated television series ''Gawayn'' * Elspeth, character in the novel ''Rewrite: Loops in the Timescape'' by Gregory Benford * Elspeth Cary, character in ''The Day of the Triffids'' by John Wyndham * Elspeth Cunningham, character in Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon * Elspeth Gordie, character in ''Obernewtyn Chronicles'' by Isobelle Carmody * Elspeth Honey, character in ''No Highway'' by Nevil Shute * Elspeth MacLeod, character in ''Remembering Laughter'' by Wallace Stegner * Elspat MacTavish, character in ''The Highland Widow'' by Walter Scott * Elspeth MacTout, character from ''The Family-Ness'' * Elspeth McGillicuddy, character in ''4.50 from Paddington'' by Agatha Christie * Elspeth Morrison-Flashman, character in ''The Flashman Papers'' novel series by George McDonald Fraser * Elspeth Noblin, character in ''Her Fearful Symmetry'' by Audrey Niffenegger * Elspeth Tirel, character in the trading card game ''Magic: The Gathering'' * Princess Elspeth, character in several Valdemar novels by Mercedes Lackey * Saint Elspeth, character in the computer game ''RuneScape'' * Lady Elspeth Tsepish, character in the game ''King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride'' * Elspeth Scallon, aka Sister Cecily in the book ''In This House of Brede'' by Rumer Godden * Elspeth, character (a witch and mother of Zora) in W. E. B. Du Bois's ''The Quest of the Silver Fleece'' * Lady Elspeth Catton, character played by Rosamund Pike in the film ''Saltburn'' written and directed by Emerald Fennell * Elspeth, character in the novel Katabasis by R.F Kuang
==See also== *{{in title|Elspeth}} *Elspeth (band), an Irish rock band *Elsbeth, a given name and surname
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Given names Category:Scottish feminine given names Category:Feminine given names