Elsie-Lou
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-see-LOO
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Elsie-Lou is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my oath + famous in battle”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Elsie-Lou mean?
Hebrew: Elsie + Lou
“God is my oath + famous in battle”
Joins Elsie (Hebrew, “God is my oath”) and Lou (Germanic, “famous in battle”).
Meanings borrowed from Elsie and Lou.
Is Elsie-Lou a girl's or a boy's name?
Elsie-Lou is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elsie-Lou in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Elsie-Lou, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elsie-Lou in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Elsie-Lou in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
Names like Elsie-Lou
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliza, Elsie, Maria, Delilah, Evelyn, Elena, Emilia, Eliana, Elodie, Annie, Aria, Harriet
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elsie-Lou: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elsie-lou, updated 20 October 2026.