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Elise

girl name
Origin
Hebrew
Syllables
2
Peak era
2010s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

French pet form of Elizabeth, "God is my oath"

The story

The world's most famous Elise may be someone history cannot identify. Beethoven's Bagatelle in A minor became known as Für Elise, one of the most recognizable piano melodies ever written, but the autograph score is lost and scholars still debate who the dedication named. The mystery fits the piece: a simple opening returns again and again, familiar enough for a beginner and elusive enough to survive centuries of repetition. The name itself is less mysterious. Elise is a short form of Elizabeth, ultimately from the Hebrew Elisheva, commonly understood as my God is an oath. It shares that family with Eliza, Isabel, Elsa, and many other forms that took on lives of their own. Elise feels complete because it has had centuries to become more than a nickname. Music gave it an unforgettable entrance, but no single dedicatee gets the last word. Every new Elise can step into the melody without having to solve the riddle.

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Elise across languages

One shared root links 26 names across 6 languages.

Shared root: from Hebrew Elisheva, "my God is an oath"

The constellation

EliseFrench · short formElizabethEnglishElisabethGermanIsabelSpanishIsabellaItalianIsabelleFrenchIsobelScottish
19 more branches of this family
ElizaEnglish · short formElyseEnglish · variantElisaItalian · short formElsaGerman · short formElsieScottish · diminutiveBethEnglish · short formBettyEnglish · diminutiveBettieEnglish · variantBetsyEnglish · diminutiveBetteEnglish · diminutiveBessieEnglish · diminutiveLizaEnglish · short formLizzieEnglish · diminutiveLisaEnglish · short formLizEnglish · short formLizbethEnglish · short formLizetteEnglish · diminutiveLibbyEnglish · diminutiveIsabellGerman · variant

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In literature since at least 1663: Élise in Molière's La Critique de l'École des femmes, printed Paris 1663.

How popular is Elise around the world?

In the United States, 7,605 babies were named Elise between 2020 and 2025. In Norway, 98 girls were given the name Elise in 2025.

Elise is on the official records of the United States, Norway, South Australia, France, Canada, Scotland, New Zealand, England and Wales, Austria, Ireland, Mexico City, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Spain.

United States

1 in 2,900

In the United States, 7,605 babies were named Elise between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2010s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Elise peaked in the 2010s.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Norway

1 in 270 · register 2026

In Norway, 98 girls were given the name Elise in 2025.

1945peak 20012025

share of the girls on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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South Australia

1 in 1,100 · 2017

In South Australia, 17 girls were registered as Elise in 2017.

1944peak 19892017

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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France

1 in 1,400

In France, about 445 girls named Elise were born in 2025, the 116th most common name among girls that year.

peak 19002025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Elise, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Canada

1 in 2,000

In Canada, 183 girls named Elise were born in 2024, the 149th most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 20122024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Scotland

1 in 2,200

In Scotland, 21 girls named Elise were registered in 2024, the 188th most common name among girls that year.

1974peak 2012

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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New Zealand

1 in 3,600

In New Zealand, 16 girls named Elise were registered in 2025.

1980peak 20112025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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England and Wales

1 in 4,500

In England and Wales, 129 girls named Elise were born in 2025, the 335th most common name among girls that year.

peak 20022025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Austria

1 in 5,100

In Austria, 15 girls named Elise were born in 2025, the 346th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 2017

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Ireland

1 in 5,400

In Ireland, 10 girls named Elise were born in 2025, the 381st most common name among girls that year.

1980peak 2014

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Elise, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Mexico City City

1 in 24,000

In Mexico City, there were 5 registrations of Elise in 2022.

2000peak 20162022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Brazil

1 in 42,000

At the 2022 census, 4,840 people in Brazil were named Elise, ranked 2,797th, with a median age of 13.
Among people named Elise living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

1930speak 2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 1,298 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Chile

1 in 59,000

In Chile, 3 girls were registered as Elise in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1920peak 2016

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Argentina

1 in 170,000

In Argentina, 4 newborns were given the name Elise in 2024.

2012peak 20182024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Spain

1 in 250,000

In Spain, 180 residents are named Elise, ranked 4,834th among women, with a mean age of 22.7 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Montevideo City

last on record 1999

Elise is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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New South Wales

outside the top 100

Elise is not in the 2025 top 100 for New South Wales.

peak 19872025

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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Poland

last on record 2023

Elise is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Not on the record in Puerto Rico: that registry withholds small counts, so rare uses may sit below its floor.

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When you meet Elise

Most people given the name Elise in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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