# Lizzie > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lizzie > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lizzie.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie > Source revision: 1353358717 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{wiktionary|Lizzie|Lizzy}} {{about|the given name}} '''Lizzie''' or '''Lizzy''' is a diminutive form of [Elizabeth](/source/Elizabeth_(given_name)), sometimes given as an independent name in the United States, especially in the late 19th century. Lizzie can also be the shortened version of Lizeth, Lissette or Lizette. {{toc right}} ==People== * [Elizabeth Sewall Alcott](/source/Elizabeth_Sewall_Alcott) (1835–1858), real-life model for the character Beth March in the novel ''Little Women'' * Marie Elisabeth [Lizzy Ansingh](/source/Lizzy_Ansingh) (1875–1959), Dutch painter * [Lizzie Arlington](/source/Lizzie_Arlington), alias of Elizabeth Stroud, regarded by many historians as the first female to play organized baseball in the 19th century * [Lizzie Arnot](/source/Lizzie_Arnot) (born 1996), Scottish footballer * Elizabeth Mary [Lizzie Deignan](/source/Lizzie_Deignan) (née Armitstead) (born 1988), world champion British track and road racing cyclist * [Lizzy Bardsley](/source/Lizzy_Bardsley) (born 1973), English media and television personality * [Elizabeth Bolden](/source/Elizabeth_Bolden) (1890–2006), world's oldest person at the time of her death * [Lizzie Borden](/source/Lizzie_Borden) (1860–1927), tried and acquitted for the notorious murder of her parents * Elizabeth Anne [Lizzy Caplan](/source/Lizzy_Caplan) (born 1982), American actress * [Lizzie Compton](/source/Lizzie_Compton) (1847–?), woman who disguised herself as a man in order to fight for the Union in the American Civil War * [Lizzie Petit Cutler](/source/Lizzie_Petit_Cutler) (1831–1902), writer * Elisabeth Carolina [Lizzy van Dorp](/source/Lizzy_van_Dorp) (1872–1945), Dutch lawyer, economist, politician and feminist * [Lizzie May Elwyn](/source/Lizzie_May_Elwyn), American playwright * [Lizzie Evans](/source/Lizzie_Evans) (1864 or 1865 – ?), American vaudeville and musical theatre entertainer * [Lizzie Fletcher](/source/Lizzie_Fletcher) (born 1975), American politician * Margaret Elizabeth [Lizzie Crozier French](/source/Lizzie_Crozier_French) (1851–1926), American educator, women's suffragist and social reform activist * Lizzy, former stage name of [Park Soo-ah](/source/Park_Soo-ah) (born 1992), former member of Kpop girl group [After School](/source/After_School_(group)) * [Lizzy Gardiner](/source/Lizzy_Gardiner) (born 1966), Australian Academy Award-winning costume designer * [Lizzy Greene](/source/Lizzy_Greene) (born 2003), American actress * Elizabeth [Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes](/source/Lizzie_Greenwood-Hughes), English television presenter * [Lizzie Grey](/source/Lizzie_Grey), stage name of Stephen Perry, American rock guitarist * [Lizzie Grubman](/source/Lizzie_Grubman) (born 1971), American publicist * [Lizzie Holmes](/source/Lizzie_Holmes) (1850–1926), American anarchist, editor * [Lizzie Hopley](/source/Lizzie_Hopley), British actress and writer * [Lizzie Halliday](/source/Lizzie_Halliday) (1859–1918), Irish-American serial killer * Elizabeth Jane [Lizzy Igasan](/source/Lizzy_Igasan) (born 1982), field hockey defender from New Zealand * [Lizzie Kiama](/source/Lizzie_Kiama), Kenyan disability rights activist * Emilie Augusta Louise [Lizzy Lind af Hageby](/source/Lizzy_Lind_af_Hageby) (1878–1963), Swedish feminist and animal rights advocate * Elizabeth [Lizzy Lovette](/source/Lizzy_Lovette), Australian radio presenter and TV presenter * [Lizzie Lloyd King](/source/Lizzie_Lloyd_King) (1847–?), American alleged murderer * [Elizabeth Magie](/source/Elizabeth_Magie) (1866–1948), inventor of a predecessor of the game of Monopoly * Martine-Elizabeth [Lizzy Mercier Descloux](/source/Lizzy_Mercier_Descloux) (1956–2004), French singer and musician, writer and painter * Elizabeth [Lizzie Mickery](/source/Lizzie_Mickery), British writer and former actress * [Lizzie Miles](/source/Lizzie_Miles) (1895–1963), stage name of Elizabeth Mary Landreaux, African American blues singer * [Lizzy Pattinson](/source/Lizzy_Pattinson), English singer and songwriter * [Elizabeth Siddal](/source/Elizabeth_Siddal) (1829–1862), English artists' model, poet and artist * [Lizzie Shabalala](/source/Lizzie_Shabalala), South African politician * [Lizzie Caswall Smith](/source/Lizzie_Caswall_Smith) (1870–1958), British photographer * [Lizzie E. D. Thayer](/source/Lizzie_E._D._Thayer) (1857–1923), first female train dispatcher in the US * Elizabeth Ann [Lizzie Velásquez](/source/Lizzie_Vel%C3%A1squez) (born 1989), American motivational speaker, author, and YouTuber * [Lizzie Webb](/source/Lizzie_Webb), often known as Mad Lizzie, English television presenter of exercise routines * [Lizzie West](/source/Lizzie_West) (born 1973), American singer/songwriter * [Lizzy Yarnold](/source/Lizzy_Yarnold) (born 1988), British skeleton racer * Lizzie Yu Der Ling (1885–1944), better known as [Princess Der Ling](/source/Princess_Der_Ling), Chinese-American writer of several memoirs * [Lizzie van Zyl](/source/Lizzie_van_Zyl) (1894–1901), South African child inmate of the Bloemfontein concentration camp during the Second Boer War ==Fictional characters== * [Elizabeth Bennet](/source/Elizabeth_Bennet), from Jane Austen's ''[Pride and Prejudice](/source/Pride_and_Prejudice)'', often called Lizzy by her friends and family * Lizzie, the title character of ''[Lizzie McGuire](/source/Lizzie_McGuire)'', a Disney Channel television series * Lizzie, the title character of the 2000 children's novel ''[Lizzie Zipmouth](/source/Lizzie_Zipmouth)'' * [Lizzie (''Cars'')](/source/Lizzie_(Cars)), a female car from the Disney Pixar animated film ''[Cars](/source/Cars_(film))'' and its two sequels * Lizzie Devine, in ''[Codename: Kids Next Door](/source/Codename%3A_Kids_Next_Door)'' * Lizzie Griffiths, a nine-year-old girl from the movie ''[Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue](/source/Tinker_Bell_and_the_Great_Fairy_Rescue)'' * Lizzie Hearts, the teenage daughter of the Queen of Hearts from the Mattel franchise ''[Ever After High](/source/Ever_After_High)'' * [Lizzie Lakely](/source/Lizzie_Lakely), from the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' * [Lizzie McDonald](/source/Lizzie_McDonald), from the television series ''[Life with Derek](/source/Life_with_Derek)'' * Lizzie Ramesy, a pirate from the video game ''[Age of Empires III](/source/Age_of_Empires_III)'' * Lizzie Saltzman, a witch and one of the daughters of Alaric Saltzman from the TV series ''[Legacies](/source/Legacies_(TV_series))'' * [Lizzie Samuels](/source/Lizzie_Samuels), a young psychotic girl from the TV series ''[The Walking Dead](/source/The_Walking_Dead_(TV_series))'' * Lizzie Sparkes, a veterinarian and supporting character in the animated series ''[Fireman Sam](/source/Fireman_Sam)'' * [Lizzie Spaulding](/source/Lizzie_Spaulding), from the American soap opera ''Guiding Light'' * Lizzy, from the Midway arcade game series ''[Rampage](/source/Rampage_(arcade_game))'' * [Lizzy (''South Park'')](/source/Lizzy_(South_Park)) * Lizzy Taylor, a girl character that uses a wheelchair in ''[Postman Pat](/source/Postman_Pat)'' * Lizzy Watson, the twin sister of Nicki Watson from the 2013 horror film ''[Carrie](/source/Carrie_(2013_film))'' * Lizzie, a giant crocodile monster from video game ''[Rampage](/source/Rampage_(video_game))'' ==Other== * [Westlothiana](/source/Westlothiana) or Lizzie the Lizard, a fossil discovered in Bathgate, West Lothian * [Lizzie (mascot)](/source/Lizzie_(mascot)), mascot of the 2000 Paralympics * [Lizzie (elephant)](/source/Lizzie_(elephant)), elephant used as draft animal during WW1 * [Lizzie (1957 film)](/source/Lizzie_(1957_film)), film noir about woman with multiple personalities * [Lizzie (2018 film)](/source/Lizzie_(2018_film)), biographical thriller film based on Lizzie Borden * The Lizzie, informal name for the [Elizabeth line](/source/Elizabeth_line), a railway line in London ==See also== *{{intitle|Lizzie}} * [Liz](/source/Liz) {{given name}} Category:English feminine given names Category:English-language feminine given names Category:Feminine given names Category:Hypocorisms --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lizzie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie?action=history)). 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