Elisa
A rare name in Poland: just over seven hundred women carry it, and most people here have never met one. But it's climbing again, given to more girls last year than in years past. From Hebrew, "god is my oath".
Elisa Pronunciation
Elisa is pronounced e-LEE-sah (/ɛˈlisa/).
What Elisa means
Where Elisa comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Elisa comes from the Hebrew name Elisheva, which gave us the meaning "God is my oath." That older form also stands behind Elizabeth, so Elisa is a cousin to a very large family of names. In Italy and Spain the name settled in and took on its own warmth, worn by singers, saints' namesakes, and ordinary girls alike. The Italian ear tends to soften its middle vowel.
The variant Eliza sits close beside it. A teacher reading a class register in Kraków might pause between an Elisa and an Eliza, one letter apart. The two forms share the same root and the same promise: bóg jest moją przysięgą. Both spellings still fill Polish records.
The meaning stays religious at its source. Elisa says, in old Hebrew, that God is my oath.
How many people are named Elisa
1 in 31267 women in Poland is named Elisa. 723 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1095 among female names.
Elisa's popularity over time
15 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #587 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2022.
Where parents choose Elisa
Elisa is most popular in Pomeranian, 83% above the national average (4 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+72%) and West Pomeranian (+60%). It is least common in Masovian, 5% below average.
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Pomeranian
+83%1 in 36,830 babies
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Lower Silesian
+72%1 in 39,284 babies
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West Pomeranian
+60%1 in 42,213 babies
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Masovian
−5%1 in 70,853 babies
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Pomeranian+83% 4 born1 in 36,830 babies+83%
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Lower Silesian+72% 4 born1 in 39,284 babies+72%
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West Pomeranian+60% 2 born1 in 42,213 babies+60%
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Silesian+48% 5 born1 in 45,517 babies+48%
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Lublin+32% 2 born1 in 51,338 babies+32%
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Greater Poland+25% 4 born1 in 53,811 babies+25%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian+23% 2 born1 in 54,690 babies+23%
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Lesser Poland+19% 4 born1 in 56,729 babies+19%
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Masovian−5% 5 born1 in 70,853 babies−5%
Elisa as a middle name
Elisa is a first name for 723 women in Poland and a middle name for another 202, a 78/22 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 472nd, between Angelica (202) and Elzbieta (202).
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#470 Jasmin204
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#471 Angelica202
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#472 Elisa202
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#473 Elzbieta202
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#474 Judith202