Elsa (given name)


Elsa is a female name mostly used in the Scandinavian countries.

Provenance

Originally Elsa was simply a short form for the biblical name Elisabeth and some of its variants: Elisabet, Elisabetta and Elizabeth.
The first recorded mentions of the name were in Sweden at the 15th century. The name became generally used after the 19th century.

Variants

  • Eli
  • Elis
  • Elise
  • Eliza
  • Ella
  • Elle
  • Else
  • Elsie
  • Elys
  • Elza
  • Ilsa
  • Ilse
  • Els

Statistics

After the release of Disney's Frozen at the end of 2013, in which a main character is named Elsa, the name became more popular in different countries across the world. In the Faroe Islands and Sweden the name was in the top 10 baby names before the film was released, and became the most popular name afterwards, in 2014 and 2015.

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