Elizaveta
The Russian form of a Hebrew name meaning "God is my oath". Around a thousand women in Poland carry it, so few that most people here have never met one.
Elizaveta Pronunciation
What Elizaveta means
Where Elizaveta comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Elizaveta begins in Hebrew, in the older name Elisheva, whose sense is "God is my oath." The same root spread across Europe as Elizabeth and settled into Polish as Elżbieta. Elizaveta is the Russian form, spoken in Moscow and Petersburg for centuries.
Russians shaped it to their own ear, drawing out Liza and Lizaveta for daily use. Polish families reach for a shorter version too, Ela, small enough for a child. The names sit close, cousins from one Hebrew source.
The grandest bearer wore a crown. Elizaveta Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great, took the Russian throne in 1741 and kept it for twenty years. She is remembered for refusing to sign a single death sentence.
Read a class register in a Polish school and you may find Ela in the margin, an ordinary girl standing in for that old oath: God is my oath.
How many people are named Elizaveta
1 in 21824 women in Poland is named Elizaveta. 1,033 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #945 among female names.
Elizaveta's popularity over time
8 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #766 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2017.
Where Elizaveta is most popular
Elizaveta is most popular in Lubusz, 244% above the national average (3 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+141%) and Pomeranian (+93%). It is least common in Greater Poland and Łódź, 47% and 10% below average respectively.
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Lubusz3 girls born+244%
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Masovian15 girls born+141%
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Pomeranian5 girls born+93%
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Lesser Poland7 girls born+75%
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Silesian4 girls born0%
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Łódź2 girls born−10%
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Greater Poland2 girls born−47%
Elizaveta as a middle name
Elizaveta is a first name for 1,033 women in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 100/0 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 4738th, between Elisavet (3) and Eliška (3).
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4736
3Elisabetha
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4737
3Elisavet
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47383Elizaveta
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4739
3Eliška
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4740
3Elmas