Elisabeta
A Hebrew name meaning "my god is an oath", and a rarer cousin of the Polish Elżbieta. Fewer than a hundred women in Poland carry it, so meeting one would stick in your memory.
Elisabeta Pronunciation
Elisabeta is pronounced e-lee-sah-BE-tah (/ɛlisaˈbɛta/).
What Elisabeta means
Where Elisabeta comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Elisabeta comes from Hebrew. Behind it stands Elisheva, and the meaning sits close to a vow: my god is an oath. In the Hebrew Bible, Elisheva was the wife of Aaron. That places the name among the oldest ones still in use.
The same root traveled far. English shaped it into Elizabeth, Spanish into Isabel, and Polish settled on Elżbieta as the formal variant. From that form Polish pulls the everyday names, Ela and Elka.
Open a Polish class register and Elżbieta stands at the top, though the girl answers to Ela by the first break. The name day linked to Saint Elizabeth of Hungary falls on 19 November. Under Ela, under Elka, under Elżbieta, the same oath holds: my god is an oath.
How many people are named Elisabeta
1 in 256180 women in Poland is named Elisabeta. 88 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3746 among female names.
Elisabeta's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Elisabeta as a middle name
Elisabeta is a first name for 88 women in Poland and a middle name for another 11, an 89/11 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2260th, between Edit (11) and Elly (11).
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#2258 Désirée11
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#2259 Edit11
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#2260 Elisabeta11
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#2261 Elly11
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#2262 Eudokia11