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“Variant of Elsie — My God is an oath; my God is abundance” — Scottish, via English Elsie origin
Girl's name · #2341 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Elsy is near its high-water mark: it reached #1563 in 2020 and still ranked #2341 in 2025. About 1,800 girls have carried it since 1969. Elsy is a rare spelling of Elsie — about 3% of babies given the name are written this way; Elsie itself ranked #123 in 2025.
Around the world: about 1 in 1,900 girls in Sweden (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 23 notable people named Elsy:
No single standout — notable Elsys spread across many fields.
Similar names: Delany · Ellia · Kelsie · Maddox · Rooney · Maizy
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