Elyse
Meaning
variant/diminutive of Elizabeth, traditionally translated as 'God is my oath'
Elyse around the world
One shared root links 26 names across 6 languages.
Shared root: from Hebrew Elisheva "God is my oath"; medieval Iberia split off Isabel, and the nursery split off nearly everything else
The constellation
19 more branches of this family
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Elyse peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
168 people · the #28,767 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 8
Among people named Elyse living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 55 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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