Elves
given name · Latin script
Meaning: plural of elf
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ilvɨʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Elves is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Syria.
- SYSyria
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Syria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 6 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Elveş in SY Syria.
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)
plural of elf
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Elves counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY Syria | — | — | Elveş | 4 |
| BR Brazil | — | 6K | — | — |
| US United States | — | 8 | — | 2 |
| GY Guyana | — | 1 | — | — |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 1 | — | — |
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: IBGE — Nomes (census name API); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 6K | #2,967 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 6K | #1,069 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 4.9K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 4.9K | #2,771 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2020 | 4.8K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2010 | 4.6K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2000 | 4K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1990 | 2.1K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1990 | 1.8K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1980 | 1.2K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1980 | 946 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1970 | 694 | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
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 Elves mean, and where does it come from?
- plural of elf Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Elves?
- A machine transcription gives /ilvɨʃ/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
- Is Elves a male or female name?
- Elves is a male 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.
- In which country does Elves have the most bearers?
- Elves is most frequently recorded in Syria, where it is most often spelled elveş.
What do you want to know about Elves?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/elvesThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Elves”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.