Given name
Elizaveta
“God is my oath”·“My God is bountiful”
Elizaveta is a variant 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
Elizaveta is a variant 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.
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Where it comes from
Elizaveta is a variant 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.
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How it developed
Elizaveta is a variant 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 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Elizaveta is a variant 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Elizaveta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 461
- 0 boys · 461 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #6,920 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −47%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,920 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 46.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,477 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.
Elizaveta’s family of names
Elizaveta has a related form in Elizabeth. In Russian usage, Elizaveta is a transliteration of Елизавета. In Armenian usage, Elizaveta is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Ելիզավետա.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Elizaveta
- Elizaveta BoyarskayaRussian actress (born 1985)
- Elizaveta GlinkaRussian physician (1962–2016)
- Elizaveta TuktamyshevaRussian figure skater (born 1996)
- Elizaveta MukaseiSoviet spy (1912-2009)
- Elizaveta KulichkovaRussian tennis playerborn 1996
- YolkaUkrainian-born Russian singer-songwriter, presenter and actressborn 1982
- Elizaveta LitvinovaRussian mathematician1845–1919
- Elizaveta GolovanovaRussian beauty pageant titleholderborn 1993
- Elizaveta GolubevaKasakhstan-Russian speed skaterborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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