Girl · Hebrew, through Scots
Elsie
Say it: EL-see
Meaning
Scottish pet form of Elizabeth, through Elspeth.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Very popular around 1900 and returning today.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1890s
In the United States
- 182,107 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1896, about 1 in 127 girls
- 1,259 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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