Given name
Yelizaveta
“my God is bountiful”
Yelizaveta is a variant of Yelizavetam. In Hebrew use, Yelizavetam carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yelizaveta is a variant of Yelizavetam. In Hebrew use, Yelizavetam carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yelizaveta connects to the Elizabeth name family through Yelizavetam. 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
Yelizaveta connects to the Elizabeth name family through Yelizavetam. 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.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Yelizaveta connects to the Elizabeth name family through Yelizavetam. 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
Yelizaveta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 908 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.
Yelizaveta’s family of names
Yelizaveta shares a linguistic root with Elizabeth. Yelizaveta has a related form in Yelizavetam. In English usage, Yelizaveta shares an earlier linguistic root with Elizabeth.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Yelizaveta has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 21
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yelizaveta
- 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)
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