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Ilsa

OriginGerman variation of Elizabeth
Meaning"pledged to God"
US Rank#5622

2025 SSA

About Ilsa

Ilsa is remembered as the radiant but tragic heroine of "Casablanca," and it's having something of a European resurgence.

Pronounced IL-suh.

As of October 2026, Ilsa ranked #5622 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2687 in 1944.

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Famous Ilsas

  • Ilze "Ilsa" Konrads

    Latvian,Australian Olympic swimmer

  • Ilsa J. Bick

    American novelist

  • Ilsa Paulson

    American distance runner

Ilsa in pop culture

  • Ilsa Lund

    character in movie "Casablanca," portrayed by Ingrid Bergman

  • Ilsa Hermann

    character in book/movie "The Book Thief"

  • Ilsa Brandes

    main character in "Ilsa" by Madeleine L'Engle

  • Ilsa Haupstein

    character in Hellboy comics

  • Ilsa Prejean

    character in Kat Falls' "Inhuman."

  • Ilsa Pucci

    character on TV's "Human Target"

  • Ilsa Shickelgrubermeiger

    character on TV's "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody"

  • Ilsa Faust

    character in 2015 film "Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation"

  • Ilsa von Leppe

    character in 1963 film "The Terror"

  • "Ilsa

    She Wolf of the SS," 1975 Nazi exploitation film and several sequels

  • "The Sins of Ilsa

    " 1985 erotic film based on a novel by Iris Murdoch

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