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Eloisa

Gender
Girl
Say it
el-oh-EE-sa
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#1,690 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,525 for girls

Eloisa is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “healthy + wide”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 1,525th for girls in the US (139 babies).

What does Eloisa mean?

Germanic: Italian and Spanish form of Héloïse

“healthy + wide”

A form of Héloïse, borne by the 12th-century French scholar famous for her letters with Peter Abelard.

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

Eloisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 139 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Eloisa in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,690among girls
Babies in 2025
18about 1 in 15,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 29% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Eloisa, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 30 girls.

2025 had more girls named Eloisa than any year since 2017.

Half of all the girls named Eloisa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 30 in 20172025
Eloisa in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202518#1,690
202412#2,323
202315#1,955
202217#1,794
202113#2,202
202012#2,268
20199#2,792
201814#2,088
201730#1,213
201624#1,452
201524#1,431
201426#1,336
201315#1,964
201220#1,615
201125#1,335
201012#2,234
200917#1,691
200816#1,745
200721#1,374
200617#1,545
200512#1,912
200419#1,293
200327#965
200210#1,874
200112#1,637
200014#1,415
19998#2,089
19988#2,110
19979#1,927
19969#1,862

How popular is Eloisa in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,525among girls
Babies in 2025
139about 1 in 12,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 88% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 139 girls in the US were named Eloisa, making it the 1,525th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,317th. It first appears in the records in 1886.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Eloisa of any year since it first appeared, in 1886.

Half of all the girls named Eloisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.

1886Busiest: 139 in 20252025
Eloisa in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025139#1,525
2024128#1,622
2023108#1,850
202297#2,006
2021102#1,926
202076#2,317
201965#2,651
201858#2,868
201767#2,597
201669#2,560
201558#2,964
201445#3,484
201347#3,365
201229#4,834
201142#3,658
201043#3,623
200932#4,570
200843#3,709
200733#4,474
200650#3,263
200555#2,931
200434#4,089
200340#3,528
200245#3,142
200144#3,138
200044#3,117
199945#2,932
199853#2,567
199753#2,447
199655#2,369
199556#2,340
199450#2,498
199363#2,122
199280#1,794
199165#2,067
199077#1,843
198967#1,920
198853#2,147
198743#2,396
198651#2,078
198546#2,221
198457#1,866
198354#1,906
198247#2,150
198158#1,867
198060#1,805
197962#1,753
197861#1,707
197754#1,857
197654#1,747
197556#1,689
197440#2,066
197354#1,666
197264#1,488
197156#1,640
197049#1,804
196947#1,784
196839#1,909
196746#1,682
196636#1,916
196549#1,595
196448#1,666
196345#1,714
196239#1,825
196155#1,519
196052#1,541
195935#1,880
195837#1,790
195749#1,530
195661#1,328
195551#1,403
195448#1,443
195338#1,585
195252#1,332
195153#1,276
195035#1,575
194949#1,303
194863#1,123
194760#1,160
194655#1,147
194565#954
194448#1,128
194383#856
194248#1,137
194163#924
194034#1,272
193957#930
193858#931
193757#910
193680#748
193558#904
193469#811
193360#865
193259#913
193155#931
193079#795
192983#764
192882#791
192787#776
1926100#725
192572#874
1924101#734
192378#828
1922100#725
192188#779
192091#762
1919100#700
191873#843
191778#784
191643#1,059
191551#927
191441#919
191334#913
191233#868
191114#1,241
191023#896
190920#909
190825#768
190715#990
190620#818
190517#900
190423#727
19038#1,318
190210#1,133
190112#961
190019#860
189914#878
189810#1,098
18977#1,263
189610#1,047
189511#986
18948#1,136
18939#1,023
189210#958
189111#839
18900–
18895#1,278
18880–
18877#937
18866#993

Names like Eloisa

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Eloisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eloisa, updated 20 October 2026.