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Elyse

girl name
Origin
Hebrew
Syllables
2
Peak era
2000s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

variant/diminutive of Elizabeth, traditionally translated as 'God is my oath'

The story

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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

ElyseEnglish · variantElizabethEnglishElisabethGermanIsabelSpanishIsabellaItalianIsabelleFrenchIsobelScottish
19 more branches of this family
ElizaEnglish · short formEliseFrench · short formElisaItalian · short formElsaGerman · short formElsieScottish · diminutiveBethEnglish · short formBettyEnglish · diminutiveBettieEnglish · variantBetsyEnglish · diminutiveBetteEnglish · diminutiveBessieEnglish · diminutiveLizaEnglish · short formLizzieEnglish · diminutiveLisaEnglish · short formLizEnglish · short formLizbethEnglish · short formLizetteEnglish · diminutiveLibbyEnglish · diminutiveIsabellGerman · variant

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2000s

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

2000s2010s

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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