Elsie
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Scottish simplified form of Elspie, a pet form of Elspeth
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛɫsi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Elsie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. In Cuba it is the 30th most common given name.
- SESweden1 in 1.2K(measured from records)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 1.4K
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.5K
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 Elsie 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.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 441 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈73,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
Scottish simplified form of Elspie, a pet form of Elspeth. This came to be used as an independent name, and in the early 20th century proved more popular than Elspeth. ’ 79
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Elsie 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | #313 | ≈73,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Elsie | 82 |
| US United States | #565 | 43,606 | 1 in 7.6K | 43K | Elsie | 441 |
| ZA South Africa | #179 | ≈39,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Elsie | 70 |
| GB United Kingdom | #496 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | 1.7K | Elsie | 169 |
| IT Italy | #945 | ≈8,600 est. | ≈1 in 7.3K | 1 | Elsie | 26 |
| SE Sweden | — | 8,381 | 1 in 1.2K | 8.4K | Elsie | 43 |
| CU Cuba | #30 | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Elsie | 11 |
| FI Finland | — | 2,796as Elsi | 1 in 2K | 3.7K | — | 6 |
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; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)
Elsie is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, Elsie (m.fl. former) är ursprungligen en engelsk smekform till → Elisabeth. Det har varit populärt det senaste årtiondet liksom andra namn på El-. En känd namnbärare är författaren Elsie Johansson (1931–2025).
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In German, ) Elsy; englische Aussprache: ['elsi]: weibl. Vom., englische Koseform von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Scottish and English: simplified form of Elspie , a pet form of ELSPETH . This came to be used as an independent name, and in the early 20th century proved more popular than Elspeth .
as a word
In Swedish, a female given name borrowed from English
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)
- Elsie Widdowsonb. 1906GBBritish nutritionist (1906–2000)
- Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysenb. 1912ZASouth African botanist (1912-2006)
- Elsie Tub. 1913GBHong Kong politician and social activist (1913-2015)
- Elyse Knoxb. 1917USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1917-2012)
- Rosalind Franklinb. 1920GBnot in their usual nameBritish chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
- Elsie Leungb. 1939CNHong Kong politician
- Kikki Danielssonb. 1952SEnot in their usual nameSwedish singer, accordinist and song lyricist
- Elsie de Brauwb. 1960NLDutch actress (born 1960)
- Elsie Windesb. 1985USAmerican water polo player
- Elsie Fisherb. 2003USAmerican actor
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).
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 89 sources across 51 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 43K | #985 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 8.4K | #452 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 3.6K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 2.2K | — |
| GB United Kingdom | ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024) | 2024 | 1.7K | #10 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 452 | #1,143 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 252 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 117 | #985 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 104 | #31 |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2025 | 55 | #23 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1959 | 5 | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- 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
- Where does the name Elsie come from?
- Scottish simplified form of Elspie, a pet form of Elspeth. This came to be used as an independent name, and in the early 20th century proved more popular than Elspeth. ’ 79 Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- Is Elsie a male or female name?
- Elsie 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.
- What are other forms of the name Elsie?
- In the etymology graph, Lisa, Isabel and Betty are forms of the same name in other languages; Lillia is a recorded short or pet form; it is recorded as a short form of Elizabeth and Elsabeth.
- What does the name Elsie mean?
- Recorded meaning: Scottish simplified form of Elspie, a pet form of Elspeth.
- In which country does Elsie have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 73 thousand people named Elsie in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled elsie.
- Where is Elsie most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Elsie is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 1.2 thousand people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Elsie?
- In the United States, the national register counted 43,606 people named Elsie in 2020, about 1 in 7.6 thousand residents.
- How common is Elsie compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Elsie is the 313th most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Elsie?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛɫsi/ (IPA) for English.
What do you want to know about Elsie?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/elsieThe 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, “Elsie” — the 313th most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.