Elspeth

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:

People

• Elspeth Attwooll (born 1943), English politician
• Elspeth Ballantyne (born 1939), Australian actress
• Elspeth Barker (born 1940), Scottish writer
• Elspeth Buchan (1738–1791), Scottish religious leader
• Elspeth Cameron (born 1943), Canadian writer
• Elspeth Campbell (born 1940), 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 (born 1932), 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 (born 1958), Australian writer
• Elspeth Reoch (died 1616), alleged Scottish witch
• Elspeth Rostow (1917–2007), American educator
• Elspeth Sandys (born 1940), New Zealand author
• Elspeth Thompson (1961–2010), English journalist

Fiction

• Elspeth, a fictional character in the Evil Genius series by Catherine Jinks
• Elspeth, a fictional apprentice sorceress in the animated television series Gawayn
• Elspeth, a fictional character in Rewrite: Loops in the Timescape by Gregory Benford
• Elspeth Cary, fictional character in The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
• Elspeth Gordie, fictional character in Obernewtyn Chronicles by Isobelle Carmody
• Elspeth Honey, fictional character in No Highway by Nevil Shute
• Elspeth MacLeod, fictional character in Remembering Laughter by Wallace Stegner
• Elspat MacTavish, fictional character in The Highland Widow by Walter Scott
• Elspeth McGillicuddy, fictional character in 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
• Elspeth Morrison-Flashman, fictional character in The Flashman Papers by George McDonald Fraser
• Elspeth Noblin, fictional character in Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
• Elspeth Tirel, fictional character in the trading card game Magic: The Gathering
• Elspeth MacTout, fictional character from The Family-Ness
• Princess Elspeth, fictional character in several Valdemar novels by Mercedes Lackey
• Saint Elspeth, fictional character in the computer game RuneScape

See also

• Elspeth (band), an Irish rock band

References