Elsa

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English

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Etymology

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From German Elsa, contraction of Elisabeth, occasionally used in English after its appearance in Wagner's opera Lohengrin (1847).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Elsa (plural Elsas)

  1. A female given name from German or Hebrew.
    • 1988, Barbara Vine, The House of Stairs, Onyx, published 1990, →ISBN, page 35:
      A friend that I envied — it was the same friend who had benefited from admiring Cosette's jewelry, a girl whose name was Elsa and whom naturally we called Lioness —
    • 2022, Eleanor Turner, “On-screen inspo”, in Baby Names 2023, White Ladder, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, part one (Naming your baby):
      Do you remember the wave of Elsas that arrived shortly after the release of Frozen at the end of 2013? It became one the fastest-climbing names of the following year before dropping back, and then had another (smaller) spike in 2019 when Frozen II came out.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlza]
  • Hyphenation: El‧sa

Proper noun

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Elsa f (related adjective Elsin)

  1. a female given name

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Elsa”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • Elsa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

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Faroese

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Proper noun

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Elsa f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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Matronymics

  • son of Elsa: Elsuson
  • daughter of Elsa: Elsudóttir

Declension

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Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Elsa
Accusative Elsu
Dative Elsu
Genitive Elsu

Finnish

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Etymology

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From German and Swedish Elsa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈelsɑ/, [ˈe̞ls̠ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -elsɑ
  • Syllabification(key): El‧sa

Proper noun

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Elsa

  1. a female given name
    • 1894, Teuvo Pakkala, Elsa, SKS, published 1995, →ISBN, page 11:
      Voisiko hänenkin tyttärelleen käydä noin, vaikka hän uskoisi Jumalaan, uskoisi niin vakavasti kuin on uskonut, että hän varjelee Elsan? Ei, se on mahdotonta!
      Could it happen to the daughter too, even if she believed in God, as seriously as she had, that Elsa would be safe from danger? No, impossible!
    • 2014, Heidi Jaatinen, Kaksi viatonta päivää, Gummerus, →ISBN, pages 153–154:
      Ja hän melkein hymyili sille. Ja sai tietää, että tytöllä oli nimi: Elsa. Siro nimi puhumattomalle tytölle.
      ...and almost smiled at it, and got to know that the girl had a name: Elsa. A graceful name for the girl that hadn't spoken a word.

Declension

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Inflection of Elsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Elsa Elsat
genitive Elsan Elsojen
partitive Elsaa Elsoja
illative Elsaan Elsoihin
singular plural
nominative Elsa Elsat
accusative nom. Elsa Elsat
gen. Elsan
genitive Elsan Elsojen
Elsain rare
partitive Elsaa Elsoja
inessive Elsassa Elsoissa
elative Elsasta Elsoista
illative Elsaan Elsoihin
adessive Elsalla Elsoilla
ablative Elsalta Elsoilta
allative Elsalle Elsoille
essive Elsana Elsoina
translative Elsaksi Elsoiksi
abessive Elsatta Elsoitta
instructive Elsoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Elsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Elsani Elsani
accusative nom. Elsani Elsani
gen. Elsani
genitive Elsani Elsojeni
Elsaini rare
partitive Elsaani Elsojani
inessive Elsassani Elsoissani
elative Elsastani Elsoistani
illative Elsaani Elsoihini
adessive Elsallani Elsoillani
ablative Elsaltani Elsoiltani
allative Elsalleni Elsoilleni
essive Elsanani Elsoinani
translative Elsakseni Elsoikseni
abessive Elsattani Elsoittani
instructive
comitative Elsoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Elsasi Elsasi
accusative nom. Elsasi Elsasi
gen. Elsasi
genitive Elsasi Elsojesi
Elsaisi rare
partitive Elsaasi Elsojasi
inessive Elsassasi Elsoissasi
elative Elsastasi Elsoistasi
illative Elsaasi Elsoihisi
adessive Elsallasi Elsoillasi
ablative Elsaltasi Elsoiltasi
allative Elsallesi Elsoillesi
essive Elsanasi Elsoinasi
translative Elsaksesi Elsoiksesi
abessive Elsattasi Elsoittasi
instructive
comitative Elsoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Elsamme Elsamme
accusative nom. Elsamme Elsamme
gen. Elsamme
genitive Elsamme Elsojemme
Elsaimme rare
partitive Elsaamme Elsojamme
inessive Elsassamme Elsoissamme
elative Elsastamme Elsoistamme
illative Elsaamme Elsoihimme
adessive Elsallamme Elsoillamme
ablative Elsaltamme Elsoiltamme
allative Elsallemme Elsoillemme
essive Elsanamme Elsoinamme
translative Elsaksemme Elsoiksemme
abessive Elsattamme Elsoittamme
instructive
comitative Elsoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Elsanne Elsanne
accusative nom. Elsanne Elsanne
gen. Elsanne
genitive Elsanne Elsojenne
Elsainne rare
partitive Elsaanne Elsojanne
inessive Elsassanne Elsoissanne
elative Elsastanne Elsoistanne
illative Elsaanne Elsoihinne
adessive Elsallanne Elsoillanne
ablative Elsaltanne Elsoiltanne
allative Elsallenne Elsoillenne
essive Elsananne Elsoinanne
translative Elsaksenne Elsoiksenne
abessive Elsattanne Elsoittanne
instructive
comitative Elsoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Elsansa Elsansa
accusative nom. Elsansa Elsansa
gen. Elsansa
genitive Elsansa Elsojensa
Elsainsa rare
partitive Elsaansa Elsojaan
Elsojansa
inessive Elsassaan
Elsassansa
Elsoissaan
Elsoissansa
elative Elsastaan
Elsastansa
Elsoistaan
Elsoistansa
illative Elsaansa Elsoihinsa
adessive Elsallaan
Elsallansa
Elsoillaan
Elsoillansa
ablative Elsaltaan
Elsaltansa
Elsoiltaan
Elsoiltansa
allative Elsalleen
Elsallensa
Elsoilleen
Elsoillensa
essive Elsanaan
Elsanansa
Elsoinaan
Elsoinansa
translative Elsakseen
Elsaksensa
Elsoikseen
Elsoiksensa
abessive Elsattaan
Elsattansa
Elsoittaan
Elsoittansa
instructive
comitative Elsoineen
Elsoinensa

Statistics

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  • Elsa is the 105th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 7,372 female individuals (and as a middle name to 3,306 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

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Etymology

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Medieval diminutive of Elisabeth.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Elsa

  1. a female given name

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛl.sa/, (traditional) /ˈel.sa/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛlsa, (traditional) -elsa
  • Hyphenation: Èl‧sa, (traditional) Él‧sa

Etymology 1

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From Latin Elsa.

Proper noun

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Elsa ?

  1. A river in Tuscany

Etymology 2

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Contraction of Elisabetta or Elisa.

Proper noun

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Elsa f

  1. a female given name

References

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  1. ^ Elsa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Norwegian

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Etymology

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From Elisabet.

Proper noun

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Elsa

  1. a female given name

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈelsa/ [ˈel.sa]
  • Rhymes: -elsa
  • Syllabification: El‧sa

Proper noun

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Elsa f

  1. a female given name
    • 2016 February 3, Goretti Alonso, “Elsa Chaxiraxi González Suárez : “Repito porque ahora soy más consciente del trabajo y quiero ir a ganar””, in La Opinión de Tenerife, retrieved 26 February 2016:
      La experienca[sic] de ser candidata a Reina del Carnaval de Santa Cruz de Tenerife no es nueva para Elsa Chaxiraxi González Suárez, la aspirante que saldrá en el puesto número tres luciendo su fantasía ante el público del Recinto Ferial.
      The experience of being a candidate for the Queen of Santa Cruz de Tenerife's Carnaval isn't new for Elsa Chaxiraxi González Suárez, the hopeful who will appear in the third spot showing off her fantasy [costume] to the crowd at the Fairgrounds.

Swedish

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Etymology

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Rare medieval contraction of Elisabet, also a variant Danish Else. First recorded in Sweden in 1422. Taken to general use in the 19th century through the influence of the identical German name.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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Elsa c (genitive Elsas)

  1. a female given name

References

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  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 42 087 females with the given name Elsa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.