Find out how popular the first name Elizaveta has been for the last 24 years (from 2000 to 2023) and learn more about the meaning and history.

Popularity of Elizaveta by gender

Based on the last 24 years of data, Elizaveta is exclusively a female name.

For the most recent data in 2023, there were 11 female babies and 0 male babies born with the name Elizaveta.

The history of the first name Elizaveta

Elizaveta is a Russian feminine given name derived from the Hebrew name Elisheva, meaning "God is my oath" or "consecrated to God". It is the Russian form of the name Elizabeth, which has its roots in the biblical figure Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist.

The name Elizaveta first appeared in Russia in the 10th century, when the Russian Orthodox Church adopted the Julian calendar and began using Christian names. It became particularly popular among the Russian nobility and royalty, with several princesses and empresses bearing the name throughout history.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Elizaveta is found in the Primary Chronicle, a 12th-century historical text that chronicles the founding of the Kievan Rus'. The chronicle mentions a Princess Elizaveta, the daughter of Prince Svyatoslav I of Kiev, who lived in the late 10th century.

In the 16th century, the name gained prominence with the reign of Elizaveta Petrovna, the daughter of Peter the Great and the Empress of Russia from 1741 to 1762. Her reign is known as the "Russian Enlightenment" due to her efforts to modernize and westernize the country.

Another notable bearer of the name was Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fyodorovna, a German princess who married into the Russian imperial family and became renowned for her charitable works and eventual martyrdom during the Russian Revolution. She was born in 1864 and canonized as a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992.

In the world of literature, the name Elizaveta is associated with the character Elizaveta Prokofieva from Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment," published in 1866. Her character serves as a symbol of purity and innocence in the novel.

Other famous individuals named Elizaveta include Elizaveta Bykova (1913-1989), a Soviet aviator and World War II fighter pilot; Elizaveta Chernysheva (1737-1805), a Russian noble and closest friend of Catherine the Great; and Elizaveta Durnovo (1834-1881), a Russian philanthropist and founder of the first higher education institution for women in Russia.

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