# Elspeth

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{{Short description|Female name; Scottish form of Elizabeth}}
{{Infobox given name
| name = Elspeth
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| 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](/source/Scotland)
| origin = [Scots](/source/Scots_language)
| related names = [Elizabeth](/source/Elizabeth_(given_name))
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'''Elspeth''' or '''Elspet''' is a feminine [given name](/source/given_name), which is the [Scottish](/source/Scots_language) form of [Elizabeth](/source/Elizabeth_(given_name)).
It means "chosen by God" or "consecrated by God".

The name may refer to:
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==People==
*[Elspeth Attwooll](/source/Elspeth_Attwooll) (born 1943), English politician
*[Elspeth Ballantyne](/source/Elspeth_Ballantyne) (born 1939), Australian actress
*[Elspeth Barker](/source/Elspeth_Barker) (1940–2022), Scottish writer
*[Elspeth Beard](/source/Elspeth_Beard) (born 1959), English motorcyclist
*[Elspeth Buchan](/source/Elspeth_Buchan) (1738–1791), Scottish religious leader
*[Elspeth Cameron](/source/Elspeth_Cameron) (1943–2025), Canadian writer
*[Elspeth Campbell](/source/Elspeth_Campbell) (1940–2023), English political spouse
*[Elspeth Champcommunal](/source/Elspeth_Champcommunal) (1888–1976), English fashion designer and editor
*[Elspeth Denning](/source/Elspeth_Denning) (born 1956), Australian field hockey player
*[Elspeth Duxbury](/source/Elspeth_Duxbury) (1909–1967) English actress
*[Elspeth Eric](/source/Elspeth_Eric) (1907–1993), American actress
*[Elspeth Garman](/source/Elspeth_Garman) (born 1955), English scientist
*[Elspeth Gibson](/source/Elspeth_Gibson) (born 1963), English fashion designer
*[Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre](/source/Elspeth_R._M._Dusinberre) (1968), American professor of classics
*[Elspet Gray](/source/Elspet_Gray) (1929–2013), Scottish actress
*[Elspeth Hanson](/source/Elspeth_Hanson) (born 1986), English musician
*[Elspeth Howe](/source/Elspeth_Howe) (1932–2022), English public servant
*[Elspeth Huxley](/source/Elspeth_Huxley) (1907–1997), Kenyan writer
*[Elspeth Kennedy](/source/Elspeth_Kennedy) (1921–2006), English scholar
*[Elspeth March](/source/Elspeth_March) (1911–1999), English actress
*[Elspeth McLachlan](/source/Elspeth_McLachlan) (born 1942), Australian scientist
*[Elspeth Probyn](/source/Elspeth_Probyn) (1958–2025), Australian writer
*[Elspeth Reoch](/source/Elspeth_Reoch) (died 1616), alleged Scottish witch
*[Elspeth Rostow](/source/Elspeth_Rostow) (1917–2007), American educator
*[Elspeth Sandys](/source/Elspeth_Sandys) (born 1940), New Zealand author
*[Elspeth Seton Cochrane](/source/Elspeth_Seton_Cochrane) (1916–2011), British actress, playwright, stage manager
*[Elspeth Thompson](/source/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](/source/Catherine_Jinks)
* Elspeth, apprentice sorceress in the animated television series ''[Gawayn](/source/Gawayn)''
* Elspeth, character in the novel ''Rewrite: Loops in the Timescape'' by [Gregory Benford](/source/Gregory_Benford)
* Elspeth Cary, character in ''[The Day of the Triffids](/source/The_Day_of_the_Triffids)'' by John Wyndham
* Elspeth Cunningham, character in [Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone](/source/Go_Tell_the_Bees_That_I_Am_Gone) by [Diana Gabaldon](/source/Diana_Gabaldon)
* Elspeth Gordie, character in ''[Obernewtyn Chronicles](/source/Obernewtyn_Chronicles)'' by Isobelle Carmody
* Elspeth Honey, character in ''[No Highway](/source/No_Highway)'' by Nevil Shute
* Elspeth MacLeod, character in ''Remembering Laughter'' by [Wallace Stegner](/source/Wallace_Stegner)
* Elspat MacTavish, character in ''The Highland Widow'' by [Walter Scott](/source/Walter_Scott)
* Elspeth MacTout, character from ''[The Family-Ness](/source/The_Family-Ness)''
* Elspeth McGillicuddy, character in ''[4.50 from Paddington](/source/4.50_from_Paddington)'' by Agatha Christie
* Elspeth Morrison-Flashman, character in ''[The Flashman Papers](/source/The_Flashman_Papers)'' novel series by George McDonald Fraser
* Elspeth Noblin, character in ''[Her Fearful Symmetry](/source/Her_Fearful_Symmetry)'' by Audrey Niffenegger
* Elspeth Tirel, character in the trading card game ''[Magic: The Gathering](/source/Magic%3A_The_Gathering)''
* Princess Elspeth, character in several Valdemar novels by [Mercedes Lackey](/source/Mercedes_Lackey)
* Saint Elspeth, character in the computer game ''[RuneScape](/source/RuneScape)''
* Lady Elspeth Tsepish, character in the game ''[King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride](/source/King's_Quest_VII%3A_The_Princeless_Bride)''
* Elspeth Scallon, aka Sister Cecily in the book ''[In This House of Brede](/source/In_This_House_of_Brede)'' by Rumer Godden
* Elspeth, character (a witch and mother of Zora) in [W. E. B. Du Bois](/source/W._E._B._Du_Bois)'s ''The Quest of the Silver Fleece''
* Lady Elspeth Catton, character played by Rosamund Pike in the film [''Saltburn''](/source/Saltburn_(film)) written and directed by Emerald Fennell
* Elspeth, character in the novel Katabasis by R.F Kuang

==See also==
*{{in title|Elspeth}}
*[Elspeth (band)](/source/Elspeth_(band)), an Irish rock band
*[Elsbeth](/source/Elsbeth), a given name and surname

==References==
{{Reflist}}

Category:Given names
Category:Scottish feminine given names
Category:Feminine given names

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