Elsie-Mai
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-see-MY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,460 for girls
Elsie-Mai is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “God is my oath + month of May”. In 2025 it ranked 1,460th for girls in the UK (22 babies).
What does Elsie-Mai mean?
Modern: combination of Elsie and Mai
“God is my oath + month of May”
Combines Elsie, a pet form of Elizabeth, with Mai, the Welsh word for the month of May.
Is Elsie-Mai a girl's or a boy's name?
Elsie-Mai is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elsie-Mai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,460th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were named Elsie-Mai, making it the 1,460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 25 girls.
2025 had more girls named Elsie-Mai than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Elsie-Mai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,407th in England and Wales.
Elsie-Mai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,452 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
Nicknames for Elsie-Mai
- Elsie 1,890 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Elsie-Mai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliza, Evelyn, Elsie, Elodie, Myla, Emilia, Elena, Violet, Delilah, Ottilie, Aurora, Ivy
Names related to Elsie-Mai
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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-Mai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elsie-mai, updated 20 October 2026.