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 (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 Thompson (1961–2010), English journalist

Fiction

 * Elsbeth Tascione, a fictional character played by Carrie Preston in the television shows The Good Wife, its spin-off The Good Fight, and their follow-up Elsbeth (TV series).
 * 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 the novel 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 novel series 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
 * 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 by Rumer Godden
 * Elspeth, a fictional character (a witch and mother of Zora) in W. E. B. Du Bois's The Quest of the Silver Fleece
 * Elspeth Spindle, a fictional character in One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
 * Lady Elspeth Catton, a fictional character played by Rosamund Pike in the film Saltburn written and directed by Emerald Fennell.