Ellsie
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.
Ellsie by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Ellsie. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Ellsie
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ellsie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ellieshining light; short for Eleanor5,000 in the US (2017)
- Elsiepledged to God; from Elizabeth1,700 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elisemy god is an oath; a form of Elisabeth1,707 in the US (2017)
- Ellisgod is my salvation; a form of Elias582 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elodieforeign wealth849 in England and Wales (2025)
- ElyseGod's oath; a form of Elise or Elizabeth427 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ellsie
Names that are said the same way as Ellsie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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