Given name · Russian
Елизавета
“my God is an oath”
Елизавета (Jelizavéta) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Elizabeth.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Елизавета goes back to Biblical Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʾĕlîšeḇaʿ), meaning “my God is an oath.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Елизавета comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Елизавета developed from Ἐλισάβετ.
Елизавета’s family of names
In Russian usage, Елизавета has a diminutive in Лиза. In Russian usage, Елизавета shares a linguistic root with the English form Elizabeth. In Russian usage, Елизавета has a conventional equivalent in the Swedish form Lisa.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Елизавета has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Елизавета comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 27
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Elizabethcognate · English
- IsabelSpanish
- ElisabethGerman, Swedish
- LisaSwedish
- Elishevaequivalent
- LisbethSwedish
- Elspethequivalent
- ElisabetSwedish
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- Elizabetequivalent
- Elizabetaequivalent
- LisbetSwedish
- Jelizavetaequivalent
- Jeļizavetaequivalent
- Elsebetequivalent
- EliškaCzech
- AlžbětaCzech
- Yelyzavetaequivalent
- Єлизаветаequivalent
- אלישבעequivalent
- Elesbedequivalent
- Elizabetoequivalent
- Елизаве́таfeminine form
- ÉlisabethFrench
- ElżbietaPolish
- ErzsébetHungarian
- ԵղսաբեթArmenian
- Ἐλισάβετroot · Ancient Greek
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Елизавета
- Elisaveta BykovaSoviet chess player (1913-1989)
- Elizaveta GlinkaRussian physician (1962–2016)
- Elizaveta TuktamyshevaRussian figure skater (born 1996)
- Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of RussiaRussian Grand duchess (1826-1845)
- MonetochkaRussian singer-songwriterborn 1998
- Elizaveta LitvinovaRussian mathematician1845–1919
- Yelizaveta Kozhevnikovafreestyle skierborn 1973
- Elizaveta KruglikovaRussian and soviet painter (1865-1941)
- Yelizaveta SvilovaSoviet Russian film director and film editor (1900-1975)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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