Elisabeth
A German spelling of Elżbieta, tracing back to the Hebrew for "my god is an oath." Fewer than 700 Polish women carry it, so meeting one tends to stick in the memory.
Elisabeth Pronunciation
What Elisabeth means
Where Elisabeth comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Elisabeth begins in Hebrew, in the older Elisheva, a name built around the sense "my god is an oath." The vow sits inside the sound. Before it belonged to any queen, it belonged to a promise.
In German lands the name took firm root. Elisabeth of Thüringen, who died in 1231 and was canonized within four years, became one of the most venerated women of medieval Germany. The German spelling, with its -th ending, spread outward from there.
Polish reshaped it into Elżbieta, and then softened it further into Eliza and the everyday Ela. On a school register you might find one Elżbieta among three girls called Ela, all of them the same name underneath. Her imieniny fall in November, when the fuller form comes back onto birthday cards and church calendars. Whatever the daily nickname, the root keeps its old reading: bóg jest moją przysięgą, my god is an oath.
How many people are named Elisabeth
1 in 33648 women in Poland is named Elisabeth. 670 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1145 among female names.
Elisabeth's popularity over time
4 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1038 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2021.
Where Elisabeth is most popular
Elisabeth is most popular in Lesser Poland, 376% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+205%).
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Lesser Poland2 girls born+376%
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Masovian2 girls born+205%
Elisabeth as a middle name
Elisabeth is a first name for 670 women in Poland and a middle name for another 869, a 44/56 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 260th, between Seweryna (880) and Stella (861).
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#258 Noemi899
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#259 Seweryna880
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#260 Elisabeth869
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#261 Stella861
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#262 Michelle844