Élise
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Élise is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. In Qatar it is the 37th most common given name. Recorded meaning: a diminutive of the female given name Élisabeth, equivalent to English Elise.
- NONorway1 in 698(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 231as Alice
- BRBrazil1 in 433as Alice
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Élise itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- #840 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 501 (measured from records)
- 1 in 698 (inferred from the name graph)
488,951 named Alice, 2022
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Norway
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Elise in US United States, FR France, SE Sweden and 2 more, Alice in BR Brazil, IT Italy, PT Portugal and אליס in QA Qatar.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a diminutive of the female given name Élisabeth, equivalent to English Elise
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Élise counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | #140 | 488,951as Alice | 1 in 433 | 489K | Alice | 205 |
| US United States | #624 | 225,222as Alice | 1 in 1.5K | 225K | Elise | 501 |
| IT Italy | #189 | ≈98,000 est. | ≈1 in 637 | 2.9K | Alice | 203 |
| FR France | #183 | ≈85,000 est. | ≈1 in 800 | 209K | Elise | 359 |
| GB United Kingdom | #617 | ≈76,000 est. | ≈1 in 868 | 896 | Elise | 214 |
| SE Sweden | #446 | 44,227as Alice | 1 in 231 | 44K | Elise | 73 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 18,252as Alice | 1 in 586 | 18K | — | 1 |
| PT Portugal | #110 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 626 | 992 | Alice | 120 |
| NO Norway | #161 | 7,828 | 1 in 698 | 28K | Elise | 107 |
| QA Qatar | #37 | ≈4,800 est. | ≈1 in 514 | — | אליס | 24 |
488,951 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); MVČR — living population register 2017; IRN — Nomes próprios mais frequentes (2017–2023). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Élise is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
French: short form of ELISABETH . The name was introduced into the English-speaking world (where it is often written without the accent) in the late 19th century.
as a word
In English, A diminutive of the female given name Élisabeth.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Raymonde de Larocheb. 1882FRnot in their usual nameFrench pilot and the first woman in the world to receive an aeroplane pilot's licence
- Gisèle Halimib. 1927TNnot in their usual nameFrench-Tunisian lawyer, feminist and politician (1927–2020)
- Élise Lucetb. 1963FRFrench investigative journalist and television host
- Lisa Azuelosb. 1965FRnot in their usual nameFrench filmmaker
- Elise Nealb. 1966USAmerican actress
- Élise Larnicolb. 1968FRFrench actress
- Elise Crombezb. 1982BEmodel
- Élise Bussagliab. 1985FRFrench association football player
- Grimesb. 1988CAnot in their usual nameCanadian musician, singer, record producer and music video director (born 1988)
- Élise Lhomeaub. 1990FRFrench actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 5.7K | #136 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 47 | #14,203 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 25 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 23 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 22 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 21 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 21 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 21 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 15 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2012 | 13 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2013 | 12 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2011 | 11 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Élise mean, and where does it come from?
- a diminutive of the female given name Élisabeth, equivalent to English Elise Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Élise?
- In the etymology graph, Lisa, Betty and Beth are forms of the same name in other languages; Lisette is a recorded short or pet form; it is recorded as a short form of Élisabeth.
- In which country does Élise have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 489 thousand people named Alice, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Élise most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Élise is densest in Norway — about 1 in 698 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
- Is Élise a male or female name?
- Élise is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Élise?
- In Norway, the national register counted 7,828 people named Élise in 2025, about 1 in 698 residents.
- How common is Élise compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Élise is the 140th most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/%C3%A9liseThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Élise” — the 140th most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.