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, English politician
- Elspeth Ballantyne, Australian actress
- Elspeth Barker, Scottish writer
- Elspeth Beard, English motorcyclist
- Elspeth Buchan, Scottish religious leader
- Elspeth Cameron, Canadian writer
- Elspeth Campbell, English political spouse
- Elspeth Champcommunal, English fashion designer and editor
- Elspeth Denning, Australian field hockey player
- Elspeth Duxbury English actress
- Elspeth Eric, American actress
- Elspeth Garman, English scientist
- Elspeth Gibson, English fashion designer
- Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre, American professor of classics
- Elspet Gray, Scottish actress
- Elspeth Hanson, English musician
- Elspeth Howe, English public servant
- Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan writer
- Elspeth Kennedy, English scholar
- Elspeth March, English actress
- Elspeth McLachlan, Australian scientist
- Elspeth Probyn, Australian writer
- Elspeth Reoch, alleged Scottish witch
- Elspeth Rostow, American educator
- Elspeth Sandys, New Zealand author
- Elspeth Seton Cochrane, British actress, playwright, stage manager
- Elspeth Thompson, 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 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 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