Given name
Elisabetta
“God is my oath”·“My God is bountiful”
Elisabetta 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
Elisabetta 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
Elisabetta 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 French and Italian use, Elisabetta is used as a form of Elizabeth. Elisabetta 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.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Elisabetta 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.
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Elisabetta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 359
- 0 boys · 359 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,566 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,566 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was virtually unchanged in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 790 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Elisabetta’s family of names
In Italian usage, Elisabetta has a diminutive in Lisa. Elisabetta shares a linguistic root with Elizabeth. In Italian usage, Elisabetta has a conventional equivalent in the English form Betty.
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Around the world
Elisabetta has relatives in 19 languages.
23 related names in 19 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 53
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Isabellaequivalent
- IsabelSpanish, Portuguese
- Isabelleequivalent
- Izabellaequivalent
- Elisabethsee also · German, Dutch
- BettyEnglish
- Lizequivalent
- Lizaequivalent
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- Betsyequivalent
- Tinaequivalent
- Izabelequivalent
- Ilseequivalent
- Izabelaequivalent
- Lieslequivalent
- Lieselequivalent
- Ilsaequivalent
- BessieEnglish
- Elspethequivalent
- ElisabetSwedish, Finnish
- Betinaequivalent
- Bettinaequivalent
- ElishebaEnglish
- Elizabetequivalent
- Elizabetaequivalent
- Ilzeequivalent
- Elisabellaequivalent
- Lieseequivalent
- Tineequivalent
- Liseequivalent
- Sabelequivalent
- LisbetNorwegian
- LiisaFinnish
- Erzsébetequivalent
- Elžbietaequivalent
- Ealisaidequivalent
- Liesbethequivalent
- Elesbedequivalent
- Elisabetteequivalent
- Liisiequivalent
- Elizabetoequivalent
- Ísabellaequivalent
- 伊麗莎白Chinese
- EliškaCzech
- AlžbětaCzech
- Eskeequivalent
- Lisabettaequivalent
- Ilzaequivalent
- ErszébetHungarian
- ЕлисаветаRussian
- ElżbietaPolish
- ΕλισάβετGreek
- ÉlisabethFrench
- Ἐλισάβετsource · Ancient Greek
People named Elisabetta
- Elisabeth FarneseQueen consort of Spain (1692-1766)
- Elisabetta SiraniItalian painter (1638-1665)
- Elisabetta CanalisItalian model and actressborn 1978
- Elisabetta DamiItalian children's fiction writerborn 1958
- Elisabetta CocciarettoItalian tennis playerborn 2001
- Elisabetta PerroneItalian racewalkerborn 1968
- Elisabetta Gonzagasister of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua and by marriage with Guidobaldo da Montefeltro the Duchess of Urbino1471–1526
- Elisabetta VivianiItalian singer and actressborn 1955
- Elisabetta Fiorini MazzantiItalian botanist, mycologist, botanical collector and writer (1799-1879)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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