🔥Elsa

German diminutive of Elisabeth

"pledged to God"

Elsa Origin and Meaning

The name Elsa is a girl's name of German origin meaning "pledged to God".

Lost in limbo for decades and decades, Elsa now stands a good chance of following along in the progression from Emma to Ella to Etta, thanks to the ice queen heroine who "Let It Go" in the wildly popular Disney movie Frozen. The name shot all the up to Number 286 (its highest ranking since the 1890s) in the year after the release of the movie, though it's now dropped back down the list in the US.

Elsa has international credibility, ranking in the Top 100 in countries as diverse as Sweden, Spain, and France. If Elsa, is just too Frozen for you, sister name Elsie is also on the rise, especially popular in English-speaking countries.

Elsa came into English-speaking use in the nineteenth century, boosted by Wagner's operatic bride in Lohengrin—the first to walk down the aisle to the famous wedding march. For a while Elsa took on a leonine image via the lioness in the popular book and movie Born Free, but that's all but forgotten. Elsa has lots of varied and interesting human namesakes, including designer Schiaparelli, writer Morante, Bride of Frankenstein Lanchester (born Elizabeth). Read more about Elsa and other Disney Princess Names in our featured blog.

Elsa Rank in US Top 1000

# 994 in the US

Elsa Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 575 on Nameberry

Elsa Popularity

• 994 US 2022
• 575 Nameberry 2024
• 28 Unique 2023
• 437 Future 2028
• 570 England 2021
• 92 France 2020
• 136 Germany 2016
• 168 Netherlands 2015
• 73 Spain 2022
• 11 Sweden 2022
• 26 Finland 2023
• 191 Switzerland 2019
• 89 Cats 2021

20 Names Similar to Elsa

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Elsa.

• Belle
• Annabelle
• Elsie
• Anna
• Bella
• Eva
• Adele
• Anne
• Angelina
• Amalia
• Sasha
• Emily
• Alma
• Anastasia
• Agatha
• Ailsa
• Lena
• Annabel
• Annie
• Anneliese

Famous People Named Elsa

• Elsa Maxwell American writer and socialite
• Elsa Sullivan Lanchester English character actress
• Elsa Martinelli Italian actress
• Elsa Peretti Italian jewelry designer
• Elsa Barker American writer
• Elsa Pataky (born Elsa Lafuente Medianu) Spanish actress and model
• Elsa Anna Sofie Hosk Swedish model who bears a striking resemblence to Disney's Elsa the Snow Queen
• Elsa von Freytag Loringhoven, German,American artist and poet
• Elsa Schiaparelli Italian fashion designer
• Elsa Lunghini French pop singer
• Elsa Benitez Mexican model
• Elsa Yur'evna Triolet (born Ella Kagan) Russian,French novelist
• Elsa Einstein second wife and cousin of Albert Einstein
• Elsa Augusta Diehl (b. 2009) daughter of actors August Diehl and Julia Malik
• Elsa Torres daughter of Spanish football player Fernando Torres

Elsa in Pop Culture

• Elsa the Snow Queen monarch of Arendelle in Disney's "Frozen"
• Elsa Bannister main character in movie "The Lady from Shanghai"
• Elsa Schraeder ("the Baroness") character in "The Sound of Music"
• Elsa the Lioness subject of book/movie "Born Free"
• Elsa Van Helsing character in Disney movie "Frankenweenie"
• Elsa Frankenteen Frankenstein's monster's daughter in the movie 'Scooby Doo & the Ghoul School'
• Elsa Quinn character in movie "My Zinc Bed"
• Elsa of Brabant main character in Wagner's opera "Lohengrin"
• Elsa Cleeg character on animated series "Kim Possible"
• Elsa de Sica character in manga/anime "Gunslinger Girl"
• Elsa Shivers character in movie "I Know What You Did Last Summer"
• Elsa Mars character in "American Horror Story: Freakshow"
• Dr. Elsa Schneider love interest in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
• Elsa main character of Jacqueline Wilson's 'The Bed and Breakfast Kid'
• Elsa villain in children's TV show "Power Rangers: Dino Thunder"
• Elsa Gardner character in TV show "Atypical"
• Elsa Lichtmann character in video game L.A. Noire
• Elsa Rankfort character on the podcast "Voyage To The Stars"