Elise

femaleHebrew, via German/Scandinavian transmission

A short form of Elizabeth, used across Germanic and Scandinavian languages.

Origin: Hebrew, via German/Scandinavian transmission

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #23 in Norway in 2001. See regions.

Elise: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #23 in 2001, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
185times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#23highest recorded position
36groupings it qualifies for
49names it appears alongside

What stands out in Elise's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 42 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 114 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move
Appears alongside 49 other names across 6 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

eh-LEE-seh/eˈliː.seh/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (7) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

Editorial judgement of how consistently this name is pronounced correctly on first read, mapped from an easy/moderate/variable rating to a number. Describes the name — not a measure of evidence confidence.

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Hebrew, via German/Scandinavian transmission
Meaning: A short form of Elizabeth, used across Germanic and Scandinavian languages.
Pronunciation: eh-LEE-seh
Syllables: 3
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Hebrew, via German/Scandinavian transmission

Popularity

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#175
1997	#144
1998	#127
1999	#109
2000	#109
2001	#99
2002	#96
2003	#112
2004	#97
2005	#116
2006	#125
2007	#143
2008	#167
2009	#160
2010	#156
2011	#143
2012	#146
2013	#173
2014	#157
2015	#191
2016	#177
2017	#193
2018	#216
2019	#251
2020	#255
2021	#299
2022	#351
2023	#356
2024	#320
2025	#335

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #63 among girls in Norway, #335 among girls in England and Wales, #381 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #223 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #335 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Elise appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 7,889 births with the name.

Elise across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Elise's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#223 (1945)	#23 (2001)	#63 (2025)	81 of 81	7,889 (1945–2025)	241 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#401 (1983)	#132 (2014)	#381 (2025)	35 of 43	561 (1983–2025)	45 (2014)
England and Wales · Girls	#175 (1996)	#96 (2002)	#335 (2025)	30 of 30	9,629 (1996–2025)	527 (2004)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#98 (1985)	#49 (1987)	#82 (2014)	11 of 30	1,159 (1985–2014)	157 (1987)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#147 (2003)	#337 (2024)	26 of 28	169 (1997–2024)	13 (2010)

Elise by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Elise in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	67	5 of 10	13
1950s	142	10 of 10	14
1960s	169	10 of 10	17
1970s	269	10 of 10	27
1980s	835	10 of 10	84
1990s	2,089	10 of 10	209
2000sbusiest	2,146	10 of 10	215
2010s	1,558	10 of 10	156
2020s	614	6 of 10	102

Across Norway · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 215 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2012 and 2013, when recorded births fell by 63, from 204 to 141.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Elise appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #23, first reached in 2001.

It held a top-100 place in 42 years, 42 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 527 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1983, and 79 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Elise was ranked #23 in Norway · Girls in 2001. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Elisabeta · #750, 18y
Elisabeth · #6, 81y
Elisei · #448, 21y
Eliseo · #3013, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Frank · #22, 81y
Philip · #20, 76y
Lilly · #27, 79y
Hugo · #18, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Jeanette · #23, 68y
Laila · #23, 81y
Live · #23, 80y
Pål · #23, 81y

Comparisons involving Elise

Existing comparison pages where Elise and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Elise in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Anna vs Elise
Anna and Elise were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #23 and #63.
Anna · Elise · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Anne vs Elise
Anne and Elise were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #159 and #63.
Anne · Elise · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Astrid vs Elise
Astrid and Elise were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #9 and #63.
Astrid · Elise · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Elise and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Amalie vs Elise
In 1996, Amalie moved ahead of Elise in Norway · Girls — #29 and #25 the year before became #8 and #26.
Amalie · Elise · 45 shared years, 1978–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1996 Norway ranking
Helene vs Elise
In Norway · Girls, Elise moved into the top 50 at #29 in 2009 as Helene fell out of it to #53, having been #31 the year before.
Helene · Elise · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2009 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Elise measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Elise at its highest position.

Elin vs Elise
Elin and Elise were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #263 and #63.
Elin · Elise · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Elisabeth vs Elise
Elisabeth and Elise were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #171 and #63.
Elisabeth · Elise · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Åse vs Elise
Åse and Elise were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #93 and #63.
Åse · Elise · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Elise and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Elise without appearing here.

Elise moved ahead of

Donna
In 2007 they stood at #468 and #468 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #341 and #750.
Diane
In 2008 they stood at #468 and #468 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #358 and #742.
Janice
In 2008 they stood at #498 and #498 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #358 and #742.
Cheryl
In 2003 they stood at #498 and #498 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #340 and #677.

Moved ahead of Elise

Kayla
In 1997 they stood at #423 and #515 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #498 and #270.
Paige
In 1993 they stood at #423 and #515 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #502 and #282.
Eabha
In 2004 they stood at #169 and #238 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #377 and #193.
Isabella
In 1997 they stood at #451 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #498 and #319.

Moved the opposite way to Elise

Anita
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elise went from #223 to #63 while Anita went from #162 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elise went from #223 to #63 while Anne went from #1 to #159.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elise went from #223 to #63 while Åse went from #25 to #93.
Aud
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elise went from #223 to #63 while Aud went from #13 to #427.

Moved the same way as Elise

Ada
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elise went from #223 to #63 and Ada from #229 to #18.
Alma
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elise went from #223 to #63 and Alma from #293 to #8.
Ella
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elise went from #223 to #63 and Ella from #137 to #4.
Ellinor Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elise went from #223 to #63 and Ellinor from #102 to #7.

Meaning & Origin

A short form of Elizabeth, used across Germanic and Scandinavian languages.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Hebrew, via German/Scandinavian transmission

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Other names with a researched meaning and origin →

Where Elise is officially recorded

7 official registrars have recorded Elise, between 1945 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1945–2025	81	#23 in 2001
Republic of Ireland	1983–2025	35	#132 in 2014
New South Wales, Australia	1985–2014	11	#49 in 1987
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#96 in 2002
Northern Ireland	1997–2024	26	#147 in 2003
New Zealand	2011	1	#87 in 2011
Scotland	2024	1	#188 in 2024

Its high point came 37 years earlier in New South Wales, Australia (1987) than in Scotland (2024).

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

eh-LEE-seh/eˈliː.seh/

Syllables: 3
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Elise Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Elise in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorwayNew Zealand

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Elise

Elise at a glance

What stands out in Elise's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Elise across 5 official records

Elise by decade in Norway · Girls

Elise appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Elise

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Elise

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Elise and the names beside it

Elise moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Elise

Moved the opposite way to Elise

Moved the same way as Elise

Meaning & Origin

Where Elise is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Elise Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Elise at a glance

What stands out in Elise's record

Elise across 5 official records

Elise by decade in Norway · Girls

Elise appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Elise

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Elise

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Elise and the names beside it

Elise moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Elise

Moved the opposite way to Elise

Moved the same way as Elise