Elisabetta
Fewer than a hundred women in Poland carry it, so meeting one would stick in your memory. It's the Italian form of Elżbieta, from a Hebrew name meaning "my god is an oath".
Elisabetta Pronunciation
Elisabetta is pronounced e-lee-sah-BET-tah (/ɛlisaˈbɛtta/).
What Elisabetta means
Where Elisabetta comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Elisabetta reaches back to the Hebrew Elisheva, and the phrase it holds is a vow: my god is an oath. Italian voices softened the ending, and the name settled into churches and registers from Bologna to Rome.
The name belongs to real Italians. Elisabetta Sirani, a Baroque painter in Bologna, signed some two hundred works before she died in 1665, still in her twenties. She kept a workshop that trained other women to paint. Her fame gave the name a face that outlived her.
In Poland the same root turns into Elżbieta, while the diminutives Eliza and Ela handle the everyday. On a school register you might see two Elas listed under their full Elżbieta, with an Eliza a few rows down. The forms drift far apart in sound, yet they answer to one Hebrew source and one meaning: my god is an oath.
How many people are named Elisabetta
1 in 237304 women in Poland is named Elisabetta. 95 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3559 among female names.
Elisabetta's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Elisabetta is most popular
Elisabetta is most popular in Lower Silesian, 1275% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Lower Silesian2 girls born+1275%
Elisabetta as a middle name
Elisabetta is a first name for 95 women in Poland and a middle name for another 32, a 75/25 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1232nd, between Dalila (32) and Freja (32).
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#1230 Chi32
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#1231 Dalila32
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#1232 Elisabetta32
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#1233 Freja32
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#1234 Galina32