Elisse
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LEEZ
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Elisse is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my oath”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Elisse mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Elise; short form of Elisabeth, via French
“God is my oath”
French short form of Elisabeth, familiar from Beethoven's piano piece Für Elise.
Meaning borrowed from Elise. More on Wiktionary.
Is Elisse a girl's or a boy's name?
Elisse is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elisse in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elisse in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Elisse in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 2 | #7,600 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Elisse in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Elisse, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Elisse in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,689 girls in the US were given Elisse or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #212, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
Elisse in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
Nicknames for Elisse
- Elle 86 girls in the UK in 2025
- Lise
Names like Elisse
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ellie, Jasmine, Chloe, Zoe, Hannah, Eve, Isabelle, Mia, Emily, Leah, Phoebe, Emma
Other spellings of Elisse
Names related to Elisse
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elisse: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elisse, updated 20 October 2026.