Elsie

English Etymology 1 From a Scottish diminutive of Alison/Alice and Elspeth/Elizabeth. Pronunciation en /ˈɛlsi/ en ɛlsi 2 Proper noun en female Hebrew. en 1784 The Bishopric Garland, or, Durham Minstrel Stockton R. Christopher 22 Elsie Marley is so neat, / 'Tis hard for one to walk the street / But every lad a lass they meet, / Cries do you ken Elsie Marley, honey? en 1826 w:James Fenimore Cooper s:The Last of the Mohicans/Chapter 6 "And did he not speak of me, Heyward?" demanded Alice, with jealous affection; "surely, he forgot not altogether his little Elsie?" en 2001 Susan Kelly Killing the Fatted Calf Allison & Busby 0749005114 34 "Obviously I wasn't going to go through life saddled with a name like Elsie. When I got up to London at the age of eighteen everybody laughed at me, so a boyfriend suggested a tiny amendment, two letters swopped, and I've been Elise for thirty years." en Will Francome; Megan Garner; Eliot Stein Welcome to Monowi, Nebraska: population 1 w:BBC https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20180129-welcome-to-monowi-nebraska-population-1 2020-05-02 And inside a white, squat building with paint peeling off its frame, 84-year-old Elsie Eiler is flipping pork fritters and cracking open beer bottles for a pair of regulars under a sign that reads: “Welcome To The World Famous Monowi Tavern. Coldest Beer In Town!” https://web.archive.org/web/20220401074526/https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20180129-welcome-to-monowi-nebraska-population-1 Usage notes Popular as a formal given name in the English-speaking world at the turn of the 20th century. Etymology 2 From a Scottish diminutive of Alexander. Proper noun en rare obsolete en male Alexander. Anagrams en eeils Eisel eisel Elise esile Liese en unisex given names calculator words Swedish Alternative forms sv Elsy Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Elsie.wav Proper noun c sv female borrowed from sv en - Anagrams sv eeils Elise