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Ellsie

Girl · EL-see · Hebrew

Ellsie is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my oath”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).

What does Ellsie mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Elsie; Scottish pet form of Elspeth (Elizabeth)

“God is my oath”

Began as a Scottish pet form of Elspeth, the Scots form of Elizabeth.

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EL-see

Meaning borrowed from Elsie. More on Wiktionary.

Is Ellsie a girl's or a boy's name?

Ellsie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ellsie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,276among girls
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 56,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 40% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Ellsie, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 10 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ellsie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,933 girls in the UK were given Ellsie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #12, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.

2003Busiest: 10 in 20112025
Ellsie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255#4,276
20240–
20234#4,915
20226#3,728
20217#3,338
20205#4,110
20195#4,214
20185#4,204
20175#4,250
20166#3,788
20153#5,983
20144#4,888
20134#4,953
20127#3,471
201110#2,582
20107#3,308
20091#7,377
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20031#5,865

How popular is Ellsie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,131among girls
Babies in 2025
15about 1 in 110,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Ellsie, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.

Half of all the girls named Ellsie in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,368 girls in the US were given Ellsie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #150, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.

2003Busiest: 21 in 20132025
Ellsie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202515#7,131
202411#8,941
202316#6,917
202219#6,224
202111#8,973
202014#7,554
20197#12,442
201813#8,142
20177#12,709
201615#7,599
201517#6,974
201420#6,205
201321#6,014
201220#6,338
201115#7,779
20108#12,270
20097#13,698
20089#11,594
20078#12,671
20065#17,163
20057#13,003
20040–
20035#15,777

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