Elspeth or Elspet is a feminine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

, which is the Scottish form of

Elizabeth Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...

. It means "chosen by God" or "consecrated by God". The name may refer to:

People

Elspeth Attwooll Elspeth Attwooll (born 1 February 1943) is a Scottish retired Liberal Democrat politician. She is a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Scotland. She stood for parliament in Glasgow Maryhill in every general election from Oc ...

(born 1943), English politician *

Elspeth Ballantyne Elspeth Ballantyne (born 20 April 1939) is an Australian retired actress, who appeared in productions in theatre, television and films over a career that spanned nearly 60 years, a veteran of the industry having started her career as a child a ...

(born 1939), Australian actress *

Elspeth Barker Elspeth Barker (16 November 1940 – 21 April 2022) was a Scottish novelist and journalist. Born as Elspeth Langlands, she was raised in Drumtochty Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where her parents ran a prep school for boys. From 1958, she ...

(born 1940), Scottish writer * Elspeth Beard (born 1959), English motorcyclist *

Elspeth Buchan Elspeth Buchan (1738–1791) was the founder of a Scotland, Scottish religious sect known as the Buchanites. Early life She was born in 1738, the daughter of John Simpson and Margaret Gordon, who kept a wayside inn at Fatmacken, between Banff, Abe ...

(1738–1791), Scottish religious leader *

Elspeth Cameron Elspeth MacGregor Cameron (born 10 January 1943) is a Canadian writer best known for her biographies of noted Canadian literary figures such as Irving Layton and Earle Birney. She is also noted for her 1997 memoir ''No Previous Experience'', a mem ...

(born 1943), Canadian writer *

Elspeth Campbell Elspeth Mary Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Pittenweem (born January 1940) is the wife of the former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell. Biography Elspeth Urquhart was born in New Delhi, India, one of four children of Major-General Roy ...

(born 1940), English political spouse * Elspeth Champcommunal (1888–1976), English fashion designer and editor * Elspeth Denning (born 1956), Australian field hockey player *

Elspeth Duxbury Elspeth Duxbury (23 April 190910 March 1967) was a British actress born in Mhow, India. Known primarily for working in theatre, she had one television role in 1938 but did not make her big screen debut until 1960 in the Terry-Thomas hit comedy ...

(1909–1967) English actress *

Elspeth Eric Elspeth Thexton Eric (September 15, 1907 – June 15, 1993) was an American actress in old-time radio, "usually cast as the other woman in soaps and serials".DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 ...

(1907-1993), American actress *

Elspeth Garman Elspeth Frances Garman is professor of molecular biophysics at the University of Oxford and a former President of the British Crystallographic Association. She is also Senior Kurti Research Fellow at Brasenose College, Oxford. The "Garman limit" ...

(born 1955), English scientist *

Elspeth Gibson Elspeth Gibson (born 4 March 1963) is a British fashion designer, known for her feminine style of design. Her designs are often characterised by lace, beading and embroidery. Gibson was the British Fashion Council's New Generation Designer of the ...

(born 1963), English fashion designer * Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre (1968), American professor of classics *

Elspet Gray Elspet Jean Gray, Baroness Rix (née Gray; 12 April 1929 – 18 February 2013) was a Scottish actress, who first became known for her partnership with her husband, Brian Rix, and later was cast in many television roles in the 1970s and 1980s. S ...

(1929–2013), Scottish actress *

Elspeth Hanson Elspeth Hanson (born 12 May 1986) is the violist of the all female string quartet, Bond. Biography Hanson was born in London and was educated at Theale Green Community School and the School of St Helen and St Katharine in Abingdon, Oxfordshire ...

(born 1986), English musician * Elspeth Howe (born 1932), English public servant *

Elspeth Huxley Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE (née Grant; 23 July 1907 – 10 January 1997) was an English writer, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser. She wrote over 40 books, including her best-known lyric ...

(1907–1997), Kenyan writer *

Elspeth Kennedy Elspeth Mary Kennedy, MA, DPhil, FSA (6 August 1921 – 10 March 2006) was a British academic and a prominent medievalist. She is best known as the editor and author of works on medieval French literature. Early life and education Elspeth Ken ...

(1921–2006), English scholar *

Elspeth March Elspeth March (5 March 1911 – 29 April 1999) was an English actress. Early years March was born as Jean Elspeth Mackenzie in Kensington, London, England, the daughter of Harry Malcolm and Elfreda Mackenzie. She studied speech and drama un ...

(1911–1999), English actress *

Elspeth McLachlan Elspeth McLachlan (born 22 July 1942), an Australian neuroscientist, is a world authority on neural pathways within the autonomic nervous system. Her work has included detailed analyses of transmission in autonomic ganglia to studies of the or ...

(born 1942), Australian scientist *

Elspeth Probyn Elspeth Probyn (born 1958) is an Australian academic. She is currently Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and Fellow of the Academy of Social Science ...

(born 1958), Australian writer * Elspeth Reoch (died 1616), alleged Scottish witch *

Elspeth Rostow Elspeth Rostow (born Elspeth Vaughan Davies; October 20, 1917 – December 10, 2007) was Dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin from 1977 to 1983. Education Elspeth Vaughan Davies was born October 20, 1917. ...

(1917–2007), American educator *

Elspeth Sandys Elspeth Somerville Sandys (born 1940) is a New Zealand author and script writer. Background Born in Timaru in 1940, she grew up in Dunedin. She was adopted by the Alley family and was exposed to literature from a young age by Rewi Alley. ...

(born 1940), New Zealand author *

Elspeth Thompson Elspeth Thompson (26 June 1961 – 25 March 2010) was a British author and journalist. She studied History and History of Art at Trinity College, Cambridge. She was the author of many books including ''A Tale of Two Gardens'' (2003), ''The London ...

(1961–2010), English journalist

Fiction

*Elspeth, a fictional character in the ''Evil Genius'' series by

Catherine Jinks Catherine Jinks (born 1963) is an Australian writer of fiction books for all age groups. She has won many awards including the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award four times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the A ...

*Elspeth, a fictional apprentice sorceress in the animated television series ''

Gawayn Gawayn is an animated television series created and designed by Jan Van Rijsselberge. It is produced by Alphanim, Gaumont Animation, and Mondo TV, and the series has been dubbed into different languages. The title of the show refers to King Art ...

'' *Elspeth, a fictional character in '' Rewrite: Loops in the Timescape'' by

Gregory Benford Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of ''Reason ...

*Elspeth Cary, fictional character in ''

The Day of the Triffids ''The Day of the Triffids'' is a 1951 post-apocalyptic novel by the English science fiction author John Wyndham. After most people in the world are blinded by an apparent meteor shower, an aggressive species of plant starts killing people. Al ...

'' by John Wyndham *Elspeth Gordie, fictional character in '' Obernewtyn Chronicles'' by Isobelle Carmody *Elspeth Honey, fictional character in ''

No Highway No (and variant writings) may refer to one of these articles: English language * ''Yes'' and ''no'' (responses) * A determiner in noun phrases Alphanumeric symbols * No (kana), a letter/syllable in Japanese script * No symbol, displayed � ...

'' by Nevil Shute *Elspeth MacLeod, fictional character in ''Remembering Laughter'' by

Wallace Stegner Wallace Earle Stegner (February 18, 1909 – April 13, 1993) was an American novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and historian, often called "The Dean of Western Writers". He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book ...

*Elspat MacTavish, fictional character in ''The Highland Widow'' by

Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels ''Ivanhoe'', ''Rob Roy (n ...

*Elspeth McGillicuddy, fictional character in '' 4.50 from Paddington'' by Agatha Christie *Elspeth Morrison-Flashman, fictional character in ''

The Flashman Papers ''The Flashman Papers'' is a series of novels and shorter stories written by George MacDonald Fraser, the first of which was published in 1969. The books centre on the exploits of the fictional protagonist Harry Flashman. He is a cowardly Bri ...

'' 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 ''Magic: The Gathering'' (colloquially known as ''Magic'' or ''MTG'') is a Tabletop game, tabletop and Digital collectible card game, digital Collectible card game, collectable card game created by Richard Garfield. Released in 1993 by Wizards ...

'' *Elspeth MacTout, fictional character from ''

The Family-Ness ''The Family-Ness'' is a British cartoon series first produced in 1983. It was originally broadcast on BBC One from 5 October 1984 to 5 April 1985, with repeats airing throughout most of the 90s and early 00s, eventually ending with a short run ...

'' *Princess Elspeth, fictional character in several Valdemar novels by

Mercedes Lackey Mercedes Ritchie Lackey (born June 24, 1950) is an American writer of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar. Her Valdemar novels include i ...

*Saint Elspeth, fictional character in the computer game ''

RuneScape ''RuneScape'' is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Jagex, released in January 2001. ''RuneScape'' was originally a browser game built with the Java programming language; it was large ...

'' *Lady Elspeth Tsepish, fictional character in the game '' King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride'' *Elspeth Scallon, aka Sister Cecily in the book ''

In This House of Brede ''In This House of Brede'' is a novel by Rumer Godden published in 1969 by Viking in the US and by Macmillan in the UK. Synopsis The novel is a portrait of religious life in England that centers on Philippa Talbot, a highly successful professio ...

'' by Rumer Godden *Elspeth, a fictional character (a witch and mother of Zora) in

W.E.B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois ( ; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American-Ghanaian sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in ...

's ''The Quest of the Silver Fleece''

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