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Around the world, Els (Els , Эльс , אלס ) is a common predominantly girly, but very seldom male first name. The given name Els is habitual in Belgium, where it is quite a common feminine name, Netherlands, and Azerbaijan, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Belgium, Netherlands, and Indonesia. Likewise, Els is the last name as well as the forename.
Els is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Els Buyens , character in Zone Stad; Els D'Hollander , character in Familie and Els , the operatic character in the opera Der Schatzgräber by Franz Schreker.