Elsa (given name)
Elsa is a female given name mostly used in the Scandinavian countries.
Origin
In the past, Elsa was simply a short form for the biblical name Elisabeth and some of its variants: Elisabet, Elisabetta and Elizabeth.[1]
The first records mentioning the name Elsa were produced in Sweden in the 15th century and it became a generally used name only after the 19th century.[1]
Variants
- Eli
- Elis
- Elise
- Eliza
- Ella
- Elle
- Else
- Elsie
- Elys
- Elza
- Ilsa
- Ilse
Statistics
After the release of Frozen at the end of 2013, the name became more popular in different countries across the world.
In Sweden the name was in the top 10 baby names before Disney's Frozen was released, yet it became the most popular name only afterwards, in 2014 and 2015.[1]
In the US, the number of babies named Elsa was 487 in 2010, and it more than doubled in 2014.[2]
People
- Elsa Benítez (born 1977), Mexican supermodel
- Elsa Borg (1826-1909), Swedish social worker
- Elsa Brändström (1888–1948), Swedish philanthropist
- Elsa Beata Bunge (1734–1819), Swedish botanist
- Elsa Einstein (1876–1936), German, Albert Einstein's second wife
- Elsa Eschelsson (1861–1911), first Swedish woman doctor in law
- Elsa Fougt (1744–1826), Swedish publisher
- Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874–1927), German artist/poet
- Elsa Kazi (1884–1967), German writer and German origin Sindhi woman. famous for her poem The Neem Tree (Sindhi: نم جو وڻ).
- Elsa Klensch (born 1933), Australian-American Fashion Commentator
- Elsa Lanchester (1902–1986), English-American actress, probably best known for playing the Bride of Frankenstein
- Elsa Lunghini (born 1973), French singer
- Elsa Martinelli (born 1932 or 1935), Italian actress and former fashion model
- Elsa Maxwell (1883–1963), American gossip columnist and author, songwriter, and professional hostess
- Elsa Morante (1912–1985), Italian novelist
- Elsa Peretti (born 1940), Italian jewelry designer
- Elsa Salazar Cade (born 1952), American entomologist/educator
- Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973), Parisian fashion designer of the 1920s and 1930s
- Elsa Triolet (1896–1970), French writer
- Elsa Zylberstein (born 1968), French actress
Fictional characters
- Elsa of Brabant, heroine of the Wagnerian opera Lohengrin
- Baroness Elsa von Schraeder, from the film and stage show The Sound of Music
- Elsa Schneider, from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Elsa Cleeg, of Kim Possible
- Elsa de Sica, from the manga/anime Gunslinger Girl
- Elsa Shivers from I Know What You Did Last Summer
- Elsa the Snow Queen, from Disney's Frozen
- Elsa Mars, of American Horror Story: Freak Show, portrayed by Jessica Lange.
- Exelsa, formerly Elsa, from the sitcom La familia P. Luche
Other
- Elsa the Lioness, subject of the book and film Born Free
References
- 1 2 3 NamepediA Blog - The Real Elsa, Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ↑ Daily Mail - Girls' name 'Elsa' makes the list of 500 most popular names in the United States, Retrieved 7 July 2016.
External links
- Wiktionary - Elsa
- NamepediA Blog - The Real Elsa
- Daily Mail - Girls' name 'Elsa' makes the list of 500 most popular names in the United States
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