The Name Elizaveta
Elizaveta is a female name of Hebrew origin meaning “my God is an oath”. Below are the forms of the name, name days in the Orthodox calendar, character by tradition, numerology, the first letter, talismans and compatibility with other names.
Origin and meaning
Elizaveta is a female name of Hebrew origin. Meaning: “my God is an oath”. From the Hebrew Elisheva, “my God is an oath”, that is, “one who honours God”.
In the church calendar the name is written as Elisaveta: this is the name used at baptism and in church.
Forms of the name
| Full form | Elizaveta |
| Church form | Elisaveta |
| Short forms | Liza, Lisa, Eliza |
| Affectionate forms | Lizonka, Lizochka |
Name days (angel’s day)
| July 18 | Venerable Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna |
| September 18 | Righteous Elizabeth, mother of John the Forerunner |
A name day is the feast of the saint after whom a person was baptised. If several saints share the name, custom is to celebrate the first feast after the birthday. Shown here are the main feasts in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church, with civil (Gregorian) dates.
Character by tradition
Elizaveta, by tradition, is a sensible, energetic and independent nature. She is practical, good at planning and loves order. She can be proud. Her strength is intelligence and self-control.
Name numerology
Letters of the name Elizaveta («Елизавета») in the Russian 1–9 table: Е 6 + Л 4 + И 1 + З 9 + А 1 + В 3 + Е 6 + Т 2 + А 1 = 33. The sum is reduced to one digit; the master numbers 11, 22 and 33 are kept.
Name number 33 — teacher and service. Thirty-three is a rare master number: the care of six turned towards many — mentoring, help, personal example. It demands maturity and the skill not to dissolve in others’ problems.
Vowels give the soul number 6 (care and harmony), consonants the personality number 9 (service and breadth). Inner motive: care and harmony; outer manner: service and breadth. Such a gap is not bad in itself: others see one side, close people know the other.
In Slavic Cyrillic numerals (using the modern spelling of the name): Е=5 + Л=30 + И=8 + З=7 + А=1 + В=2 + Е=5 + Т=300 + А=1 = 359, reduced to 8. Letters that had no numeric value are skipped. This is an additional digit, not a second name number: meanings for the Cyrillic numerals were added in the 20th century, modeled on Western numerology.
More: name number with surname, Slavic Cyrillic numerals, number meanings.
First letter and letters of the name
In letter reading — a popular tradition of interpreting letters — the first letter of the name matters most: it sets the main tone of character. The other letters add shades.
Е — self-expression. A need to speak out and exchange ideas; insight, a talent for mediation; sometimes talkativeness.
Other letters: Л — sense of beauty; И — refinement and kindness; З — imagination and intuition; А — beginning and action; В — sociability and realism; Т — intuition and search.
Talismans of the name
Name books usually derive talismans from the name number and its planet; lists differ between authors. Here we follow Cheiro (“Book of Numbers”): number 33 is linked with the planet Venus.
| Planet | Venus |
| Stones | turquoise, emerald |
| Colours | blue, pink |
| Favourable days | Tuesday, Friday |
Compatibility with other names
In numerology, compatibility of names is judged by their numbers. Number 33 goes most easily with 2, 6, 9, and has more friction with 1, 8.
Goes well with: Anatoliy, Andrey, Vadim, Valentin, Georgiy, Igor, Luka, Ruslan, Stanislav, Timur.
More friction with: Afanasiy, Evgeniy, Egor, Nazar, Platon, Yakov.
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Outcome
The name Elizaveta carries the meaning “my God is an oath”. Name number 33 — teacher and service; first letter E — self-expression. Inner wishes (care and harmony) and outer manner (service and breadth) differ: a person with this name needs close people to see more than what is shown. Name days: July 18, September 18.