Elizabeth comes from Hebrew and is traditionally rendered "God is my oath," a meaning it shares with several related names across languages. The name has long carried associations with steadfastness and quiet devotion rather than public piety, and its many nicknames have let it carry very different tones depending on the bearer.
Saturn passing out of one sign into another, causes strange apparitions in the heavens, which the Arabians term Assub; or certain other signs of a Fiery nature. - William Lilly (1602.-1681.)