Elisheva
given name · Latin script
Meaning: weibl. Vom., neuhebräische Form von
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 21 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025
Elisheva is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 189K(measured from records)
- ILIsrael≈1 in 2.8Kas אלישבע
- CYCyprus≈1 in 73K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Elisheva itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Israel (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 189 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 73K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,100 named אלישבע, est.
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled אלישבע in IL Israel, DE Germany, NZ New Zealand and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)weibl. Vom., neuhebräische Form von
Cited for this meaning 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Elisheva, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Elisheva counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL Israel | #464 | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | listed | אלישבע | 46 |
| US United States | — | 1,761 | 1 in 189K | 1.8K | Elisheva | 189 |
| HU Hungary | — | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | אלישבע | 3 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 271K | listed | אלישבע | 11 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 55K | 6 | — | 3 |
| LB Lebanon | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 46K | — | אלישבע | 1 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈68 est. | ≈1 in 73K | — | אלישבע | 2 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 73K | — | Elisheva | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the duden-vornamen-2007 register; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Elisheva Bichovskyb. 1888ILRussian and Israeli poet (1888-1949)
- Elisheva Kaplanb. 1900ILIsraeli labor and feminist activist
- Elisheva Cohenb. 1911ILIsraeli designer (1911-1989)
- Elisabeth Goldschmidtb. 1912ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli scientist (1912-1970)
- Elisheva Landaub. 1920ILPolish/Israeli painter and engraver
- Elisheva Michaelib. 1928ILIsraeli actress
- Elisheva Barak-Ussoskinb. 1936ILIsraeli judge
- Elisabeth Revel-Neherb. 1939FRnot in their usual nameIsraeli art historian
- Elisheva Carlebach Jofenb. 1950USAmerican academic
- Elisheva Greenbaumb. 1965ILIsraeli poet (1965-2004)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)33 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.8K | #8,263 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 97 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 83 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 81 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 78 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 77 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 74 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 73 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 71 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 67 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 67 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 67 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Elisheva?
- In the etymology graph, Elizabeth, Isabel and Isabelle are forms of the same name in other languages.
- What does the name Elisheva mean, and where does it come from?
- weibl. Vom., neuhebräische Form von Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
- Is Elisheva a male or female name?
- Elisheva is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
- In which country does Elisheva have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.1 thousand people named אלישבע in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Elisheva?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,761 people named Elisheva in 2020, about 1 in 189 thousand residents.
- How common is Elisheva compared with other names?
- In Israel, Elisheva is the 464th most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/elishevaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Elisheva” — the 464th most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.