Elsie
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Elsie is a form of Elizabeth meaning “God’s promise” or “my God is bountiful.” Elsie is also given a German meaning, “hard-worker.”
Sources: The Best Baby Names for Girls, Numerology for Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book
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Usage of Elsie in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Elsie against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Elsie is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Elsie in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 2,236 girls were named Elsie, making it the #123 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 190,072 girls have been named Elsie, with the most (5,194) in 1918. It is most common, relative to births, in North Dakota, Wyoming and South Dakota.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Storms named Elsie
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Elsie, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Cyclone Elsie (Category 2) | 1998 | South Indian Ocean | 167 km/h |
| Typhoon Elsie (Category 5) | 1992 | Western Pacific | 269 km/h |
| Typhoon Elsie (Category 5) | 1989 | Western Pacific | 259 km/h |
| Tropical storm Elsie | 1988 | Western Pacific | 83 km/h |
| Cyclone Elsie (Category 3) | 1987 | South Indian Ocean | 185 km/h |
| Tropical storm Elsie | 1985 | Western Pacific | 74 km/h |
| Typhoon Elsie (Category 5) | 1981 | Western Pacific | 278 km/h |
| Typhoon Elsie (Category 4) | 1975 | Western Pacific | 250 km/h |
| Typhoon Elsie (Category 1) | 1972 | Western Pacific | 139 km/h |
| Typhoon Elsie (Category 5) | 1969 | Western Pacific | 278 km/h |
…and 7 earlier storms.
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Elsie
There are 5 towns and villages with Elsie in their name.
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Elsie | Michigan, 🇺🇸 United States | 971 | Map |
| Elsie | Nebraska, 🇺🇸 United States | 106 | Map |
| Elsie | Kentucky, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Elsie | South Carolina, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Elsie | Oregon, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Elsie
There are 28 lakes and reservoirs with Elsie in their name, in 2 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 15🇺🇸 United States 13
| Name | Where | |
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| Elsie Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elsie Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elsie Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elsie Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elsie Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elsie Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elsie Lake | Manitoba, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elsie Lake | Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elsie Lake | British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Elsie Lake | British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Elsie songs
3 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Elsie in their title. The best known:
- For Elsie (1987)
- ELSIE (Cannon)
- ELSIE (Nevin)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Fictional characters named Elsie
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Elsie as a pet name
FurryName has found 162 dogs named Elsie in public pet registers, making it the #798 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Burnside (6), Tacoma (2), Adelaide (1). Elsie as a dog name →
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