Elsy
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 37 babies a year in the US.
Elsy by the numbers
Elsy was given to 37 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 55 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Elsy
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 Elsy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Elsanoble; form of Elisabeth424 in the US (2017)
- Ellybright one; a form of Eleanor144 in the US (2017)
- Elsigod's oath; a form of Elizabeth34 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elsenoble; a form of Elisabeth6 in the US (2017)
- Elseygod is my oath; a form of Elizabeth4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elky9 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Elsy
Names that are said the same way as Elsy, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Elsy
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