Ielyzaveta
A Ukrainian form of Elizabeth, tracing back to the Hebrew for "God is my oath". Just 157 women in Poland carry it, so most people here will never meet one.
Ielyzaveta Pronunciation
What Ielyzaveta means
Where Ielyzaveta comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ielyzaveta is how Ukrainian Єлизавета looks in Latin letters. The name reaches back to Hebrew Elisheva, and its old sense is plain: god is my oath. It came into Kyiv through the Church in the Slavic form Yelizaveta, then settled into Ukrainian speech.
One bearer fixed the name in early Rus memory. Yelyzaveta Yaroslavna, daughter of Yaroslav the Wise, married the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada in the eleventh century. Norse skalds sang of her. Her story ties an eleventh-century princess of Kyiv to a name that Ukrainian families still give.
The oath in the name is older than any princess. Elisheva was the wife of Aaron in the Book of Exodus, long before the name reached Slavic lands. On a school register the form stands at its full length, Ielyzaveta, no shortening. What holds across all of it is the meaning: god is my oath.
How many people are named Ielyzaveta
1 in 143591 women in Poland is named Ielyzaveta. 157 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2574 among female names.