Given name
Elżbieta
“God is my oath”·“My God is bountiful”
Elżbieta is a form of Elizabeth. “God is my oath” is the etymological interpretation given for Elisabeth, the same name in a different spelling. “My God is bountiful” is another recorded interpretation, but the two should be kept distinct rather than blended into one literal translation.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Elżbieta is a form of Elizabeth. “God is my oath” is the etymological interpretation given for Elisabeth, the same name in a different spelling. “My God is bountiful” is another recorded interpretation, but the two should be kept distinct rather than blended into one literal translation.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Elżbieta is a form of Elizabeth. Elizabeth is the usual English spelling of Elisabeth. The related biblical forms connect it with the Hebrew name Elisheba, borne by Aaron’s wife.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Elżbieta is used as a form of Elizabeth. Elżbieta is a form of Elizabeth. The shared background comes through Elizabeth: English generally uses Elizabeth with a z, where many European languages retain Elisabeth with an s. Elisabeth is connected with Elisheba; its final element may have been reshaped through association with Hebrew shabbath, “sabbath.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Elżbieta is a form of Elizabeth. The history of Elizabeth gives this family its wider story. The New Testament Elisabeth is the mother of John the Baptist. English royal associations include Elizabeth I and, in the twentieth century, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and her daughter Elizabeth II. Elizabeth’s familiar forms developed along several paths, including Eliza, Beth, Bess, Betty, Libby and Lizzie.
Explained through its name family
Elżbieta’s family of names
In Polish usage, Elżbieta has a diminutive in Ela. Elżbieta shares a linguistic root with Elizabeth. In Polish usage, Elżbieta has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Isabel.
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Around the world
Elżbieta has relatives in 8 languages.
16 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 45
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Isabellaequivalent
- Elizabethcognate · English
- IsabelSpanish
- Isabelleequivalent
- Izabellaequivalent
- ElisabethGerman
- Lisaequivalent
- Bettyequivalent
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- Lizequivalent
- Lizaequivalent
- Betsyequivalent
- Tinaequivalent
- Izabelequivalent
- Izabeladoublet · Polish
- Ilseequivalent
- Lieslequivalent
- Lieselequivalent
- Ilsaequivalent
- Elspethequivalent
- Elisabetequivalent
- Betinaequivalent
- Bettinaequivalent
- Elizabetequivalent
- ElisabettaItalian
- Liisaequivalent
- Lieseequivalent
- Tineequivalent
- Liseequivalent
- Elizabetaequivalent
- Yelizavetaequivalent
- Sabelequivalent
- Ilzeequivalent
- Liisiequivalent
- Elizabetoequivalent
- Ísabellaequivalent
- 伊麗莎白Chinese
- ЕлизаветаRussian
- AlžbětaCzech
- Eskeequivalent
- Ilzaequivalent
- Erzsébetequivalent
- Élisabethequivalent
- Ealisaidequivalent
- Liesbethequivalent
- Elesbedequivalent
People named Elżbieta
- Eliza OrzeszkowaPolish writer1841–1910
- Elżbieta KrzesińskaPolish long jumper1934–2015
- Elżbieta BieńkowskaPolish politicianborn 1964
- Elizabeth of Poland, Queen of HungaryHungarian queen1305–1381
- Elżbieta Zawackafreedom fighter during World War II, university professor1909–2009
- Elżbieta WitekPolish politicianborn 1957
- Elizaveta OstrogskaPolish princess1539–1582
- Elżbieta DrużbackaPolish writer (1695-1765)
- Elisabeth of Greater Poland, Duchess of BohemiaPolish princess
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Orzebet
“my God is bountiful”
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Zaritah
“princess”
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Zaryta
“princess”
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Zareitah
“princess”
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