Girl · Hebrew, through Dutch
Els
Say it: ELSS
Meaning
Dutch short form of Elisabeth.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common in the Low Countries in the mid-20th century.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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