Elsa is a girl's name of Scandinavian origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 280 girls in the United States.
Elsa belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Elsa first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #215 in 1895, and in 2024 280 babies received the name — 30,490 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Elsa is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Scandinavian origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Elsa is a girl name. In 2024, 280 babies received the name in the US.
Elsa comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Elsa first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #215 in 1895, and 280 babies were given the name in 2024.
Elsa is pronounced /ˈɛlsə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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