Elsie

From a Scottish diminutive of Alison/Alice and Elspeth/Elizabeth.

Full definition of Elsie

Proper noun

1. .
• 1784 The Bishopric Garland, or, Durham Minstrel, Stockton, R. Christopher, page 22:Elsie Marley is so neat,
  'Tis hard for one to walk the street
  But every lad a lass they meet,
  Cries do you ken Elsie Marley, honey?
• 1826 James Fenimore Cooper, :"And did he not speak of me, Heyward?" demanded Alice, with jealous affection; "surely, he forgot not altogether his little Elsie?"
• 2001 Susan Kelly, Killing the Fatted Calf, Allison & Busby, ISBN 0749005114, page 34:"Obviously I wasn't going to go through life saddled with a name like Elsie. When I got up to London at the age of eighteen everybody laughed at me, so a boyfriend suggested a tiny amendment, two letters swopped, and I've been Elise for thirty years."

Usage notes

Popular as a formal given name in the English-speaking world at the turn of the 20th century.

From a Scottish diminutive of Alexander.

Proper noun

1. (rare, ,, obsolete) .

Anagrams

• eisel
• Elise