Elspeth

Template:Short description Template:Infobox given name 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 (1940–2022), Scottish writer
• Elspeth Beard (born 1959), English motorcyclist
• Elspeth Buchan (1738–1791), Scottish religious leader
• Elspeth Cameron (born 1943), 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 (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 Seton Cochrane (1916–2011), British actress, playwright, stage manager
• Elspeth Thompson (1961–2010), English journalist

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 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

See also

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• Elspeth (band), an Irish rock band
• Elsbeth, a given name and surname