Elsie

Diminutive of Elizabeth via its Scottish variation, Elspeth
"pledged to God"

Elsie Origin and Meaning

The name Elsie is a girl's name of Scottish origin meaning "pledged to God".

Elsie is a sweet vintage nickname-name turned modern star. After a 30-year hiatus, Elsie started climbing the US popularity list 20 years ago and is still headed for the top.

In its native Britain, Elsie is even more popular, ranking in the Top 20. One reason for Elsie's popularity: She makes a fresh, charming honor name for all those grandma Elizabeths. .

Elsie was a popular name at the end of the nineteenth century until its image was damaged in this country by the association with Elsie the Borden cow. But it's rising now on the heels of Ella and Ellie, suddenly sounding fresh and frisky. Singer James Morrison picked it for his baby girl and Ioan Gruffudd has an adorably named little Elsie Marigold. Another youthful bearer is actress Elsie Kate Fisher, the voice of Agnes in Despicable Me.

# 163 in the US

Elsie Rank in US Top 1000

# 67 on Nameberry

Elsie Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Elsie Popularity

Famous People Named Elsie

  • Elsie Louise Ferguson
    American actress
  • Elsie Janis
    American singer
  • Elsie Kate Fisher
    American teen actress
  • Elsie Windes
    American water polo player
  • Elsie de Wolfe
    American interior designer
  • Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
    English children's author
  • Elsie Eleanore Wayne
    Canadian MP
  • Elsie Tu
    Hong Kong politician and activist
  • Elsie Leung
    Hong Kong secretary of justice
  • Elsie Mackay
    British actress and aviatrix
  • Elsie Mapuana Sniffen
    birth name of Kayla Blake, American actress
  • Elsie Lacks
    daughter of genetic pioneer Henrietta Lacks
  • Elsie
    Mae Blackburn, daughter of actress Verona Joseph and director Farren Blackburn
  • Elsie May Larson
    Kunkel (b. 1990), daughter of singer Nicolette Larson
  • Elsie Morrison (b. 2008)
    daughter of singer James Morrison
  • Elsie Marigold Gruffudd (b. 2013)
    daughter of Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd and American,born British Alice Evans
  • Elsie Cook (b. 2014)
    daughter of English cricket captain Alastair Cook
  • Elsie Otter Pechenik (b. 2015)
    daughter of actress Zooey Deschanel and Jacob Pechenik
  • Florence Elsie Ellis (b. 2008)
    daughter of actress Tamzin Outhwaite and Tom Ellis
  • Sonia Elsie
    American Youtuber

Elsie in Pop Culture

  • Elsie the Cow
    advertising mascot for Borden dairy products
  • Elsie Hughes
    housekeeper on TV's "Downton Abbey"
  • Elsie Dinsmore
    character in novels by Martha Finley
  • Elsie Travilla
    daughter of character Elsie Dinsmore
  • Elsie Kettle
    character in "Queenie" by Jacqueline Wilson
  • Elsie
    character in film "Gosford Park"
  • Elsie
    nickname of Elucia de Lute Ima from "The World God Only Knows"
  • Elsie Tanner
    character on British soap "Coronation Street"
  • Elsie Carr
    character from the "What Katy Did Series"
  • Elsie "Catty" Fanshawe
    character in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
  • Also an English surname and essentially the modern form of the Old English Aelfsige = "elf
    victory"
  • Elsie Marina
    name of character from the film "The Prince and the Showgirl," portrayed by Marilyn Monroe