Eloise (given name)
Eloise is a female given name, the English version of the French name Éloïse or Héloïse. It is of uncertain meaning but may be derived from the Old German name Helewidis, which meant "healthy" and "wide". The name has increased in usage and ranked among the 100 most popular names for newborn girls in the United States in 2022. A Portuguese form of the name is Heloísa, which is currently among the most popular names for girls in Brazil. Heloisa is used in the Czech, German, and Slovak languages. The Italian version of the name is Eloisa and the Spanish version of the name is Eloísa.
It may refer to:
People named Eloise
- Eloise, alternative spelling of Héloïse, French nun, writer, scholar, and abbess, lover of Peter Abélard
- Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg, member of the Dutch royal family
- Eloise Amberger, Australian synchronized swimmer
- Eloise Anderson, American politician and social worker
- Eloise Baza, President of the Guam Chamber of Commerce
- Eloise Bibb Thompson, American educator, playwright, poet and journalist
- Eloise Blackwell, New Zealand rugby union player
- Eloise Blaine Cram, American zoologist
- Eloise Broady, American model and actress
- Eloise Butler, American botanist and gardener
- Eloise E. Clark, American biologist
- Elouise P. Cobell, Native American leader
- Eloise B. Cushing, American attorney
- Eloise Alma Flagg, African-American woman
- Eloise Gerry, American forestry scientist
- Eloise Giblett, American genetic scientist
- Eloise Greenfield, American writer
- Eloise Hardt, American film and television actress
- Eloise Hayward, English rugby player
- Eloise Head, English social media personality
- Eloise Hubbard Linscott, American folklorist, song collector and preservationist
- Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author
- Eloise Jelinek, American linguist
- Eloise Jillings, New Zealand academic and professor
- Eloise Jones, multiple people
- Eloïse Jure, French ice hockey player
- Eloise Klein Healy, American poet
- Eloise Kruger, American miniature collector
- Eloise Kummer, American actress
- Eloise Laity, Welsh field hockey player
- Eloise Laws, American singer
- Eloise Lewis, American university dean
- Eloise Lownsbery, American writer
- Eloise Marais, atmospheric chemist
- Eloise McElhone, American radio and television personality
- Eloise McGraw, American children's writer
- Eloise Mignon, Australian actress
- Eloise Mumford, American actress
- Eloise O'Rourke Pohlad, American philanthropist
- Eloise Page, American intelligence officer
- Eloise Quiñones Keber, American art historian
- Eloise Ramsey, American educator
- Eloise Reyes, American politician
- Eloise Roorbach, American writer
- Eloise Scotford, Australian academic
- Eloise Sheridan, Australian cricket umpire
- Eloise Smith, multiple people
- Eloise Smyth, English actress
- Eloise Southby-Halbish, Australian netball player and sports commentator
- Eloise Harriet Stannard, British painter
- Eloise Tungpalan, American politician
- Eloise C. Uggams, American singer
- Éloïse Vanryssel, French fencer
- Eloise Vitelli, American politician
- Eloise Walker, Scottish athlete
- Eloise Webb, South African rugby player
- Eloise Wellings, Australian long-distance runner
- Eloise Wilkin, American illustrator
- Eloise Worledge, Australian girl who went missing in 1976
People named Eloisa
- Eloísa Álvarez, Spanish politician
- Eloisa Cabada, Mexican volleyball player
- Eloisa Cianni, Italian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Eloisa Coiro, Italian sprinter and middle distance runner
- Eloisa Compostizo de Andrés, Spanish tennis player
- Eloísa Díaz, Chilean physician
- Eloisa Garcia Tamez, Native American activist
- Eloísa Gómez-Lucena, Spanish writer
- Eloísa Ibarra, Uruguayan artist
- Eloisa James, pen name of Mary Bly
- Eloísa Jiménez Gutiérrez, Mexican painter
- Eloísa Mafalda, Brazilian actress
- Eloisa Biasotto Mano, Brazilian chemist
- Eloisa Marcos, Spanish gymnast
- Eloisa Reverie Vezzosi, Italian artist and author
- Eloísa García de Wattenberg, Spanish historian, archivist and museum curator
Fictional characters
- The titular character of the Eloise children's books
- Eloise Bridgerton, a character in Julia Quinn's Regency romance novel series and its adaptation Bridgerton
- Eloise Hawking, a character in the series ''Lost''