Elsa

See also: elsa

English

Etymology

From German Elsa, contraction of Elisabeth, occasionally used in English after its appearance in Wagner's opera Lohengrin (1847).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlsə/

Proper noun

Elsa (plural Elsas)

1. A female given name from German or Hebrew.
   • 1988, Barbara Vine, The House of Stairs, Onyx, published 1990, →ISBN, page 35:

     A friend that I envied — it was the same friend who had benefited from admiring Cosette's jewelry, a girl whose name was Elsa and whom naturally we called Lioness —

   • 2022, Eleanor Turner, “On-screen inspo”, in Baby Names 2023, White Ladder, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, part one (Naming your baby):

     Do you remember the wave of Elsas that arrived shortly after the release of Frozen at the end of 2013? It became one the fastest-climbing names of the following year before dropping back, and then had another (smaller) spike in 2019 when Frozen II came out.

Derived terms

• Elsagate
• Elsanna

Anagrams

• ASLE, Ales, ELAS, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, ales, lase, leas, sale, seal, sela

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlza]
• Hyphenation: El‧sa

Proper noun

Elsa f (related adjective Elsin)

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Elsa (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Elsa
genitive	Elsy
dative	Else
accusative	Elsu
vocative	Elso
locative	Else
instrumental	Elsou

Further reading

• “Elsa”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Elsa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• lesy
• sely

Faroese

Proper noun

Elsa f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Elsa: Elsuson
• daughter of Elsa: Elsudóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Elsa
accusative	Elsu
dative	Elsu
genitive	Elsu

Finnish

Etymology

From German and Swedish Elsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈelsɑ/, [ˈe̞ls̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -elsɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): El‧sa

Proper noun

Elsa

1. a female given name
   • 1894, Teuvo Pakkala, Elsa, SKS, published 1995, →ISBN, page 11:

     Voisiko hänenkin tyttärelleen käydä noin, vaikka hän uskoisi Jumalaan, uskoisi niin vakavasti kuin on uskonut, että hän varjelee Elsan? Ei, se on mahdotonta!

     Could it happen to the daughter too, even if she believed in God, as seriously as she had, that Elsa would be safe from danger? No, impossible!

   • 2014, Heidi Jaatinen, Kaksi viatonta päivää, Gummerus, →ISBN, pages 153–154:

     Ja hän melkein hymyili sille. Ja sai tietää, että tytöllä oli nimi: Elsa. Siro nimi puhumattomalle tytölle.

     ...and almost smiled at it, and got to know that the girl had a name: Elsa. A graceful name for the girl that hadn't spoken a word.

Declension

Inflection of Elsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Elsa	Elsat
genitive		Elsan	Elsojen
partitive		Elsaa	Elsoja
illative		Elsaan	Elsoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Elsa	Elsat
accusative	nom.	Elsa	Elsat
	gen.	Elsan
genitive		Elsan	Elsojen Elsain rare
partitive		Elsaa	Elsoja
inessive		Elsassa	Elsoissa
elative		Elsasta	Elsoista
illative		Elsaan	Elsoihin
adessive		Elsalla	Elsoilla
ablative		Elsalta	Elsoilta
allative		Elsalle	Elsoille
essive		Elsana	Elsoina
translative		Elsaksi	Elsoiksi
abessive		Elsatta	Elsoitta
instructive		—	Elsoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Elsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Elsani Elsani accusative nom. Elsani Elsani gen. Elsani genitive Elsani Elsojeni Elsaini rare partitive Elsaani Elsojani inessive Elsassani Elsoissani elative Elsastani Elsoistani illative Elsaani Elsoihini adessive Elsallani Elsoillani ablative Elsaltani Elsoiltani allative Elsalleni Elsoilleni essive Elsanani Elsoinani translative Elsakseni Elsoikseni abessive Elsattani Elsoittani instructive — — comitative — Elsoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Elsasi Elsasi accusative nom. Elsasi Elsasi gen. Elsasi genitive Elsasi Elsojesi Elsaisi rare partitive Elsaasi Elsojasi inessive Elsassasi Elsoissasi elative Elsastasi Elsoistasi illative Elsaasi Elsoihisi adessive Elsallasi Elsoillasi ablative Elsaltasi Elsoiltasi allative Elsallesi Elsoillesi essive Elsanasi Elsoinasi translative Elsaksesi Elsoiksesi abessive Elsattasi Elsoittasi instructive — — comitative — Elsoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Elsamme Elsamme accusative nom. Elsamme Elsamme gen. Elsamme genitive Elsamme Elsojemme Elsaimme rare partitive Elsaamme Elsojamme inessive Elsassamme Elsoissamme elative Elsastamme Elsoistamme illative Elsaamme Elsoihimme adessive Elsallamme Elsoillamme ablative Elsaltamme Elsoiltamme allative Elsallemme Elsoillemme essive Elsanamme Elsoinamme translative Elsaksemme Elsoiksemme abessive Elsattamme Elsoittamme instructive — — comitative — Elsoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Elsanne Elsanne accusative nom. Elsanne Elsanne gen. Elsanne genitive Elsanne Elsojenne Elsainne rare partitive Elsaanne Elsojanne inessive Elsassanne Elsoissanne elative Elsastanne Elsoistanne illative Elsaanne Elsoihinne adessive Elsallanne Elsoillanne ablative Elsaltanne Elsoiltanne allative Elsallenne Elsoillenne essive Elsananne Elsoinanne translative Elsaksenne Elsoiksenne abessive Elsattanne Elsoittanne instructive — — comitative — Elsoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Elsansa Elsansa accusative nom. Elsansa Elsansa gen. Elsansa genitive Elsansa Elsojensa Elsainsa rare partitive Elsaansa Elsojaan Elsojansa inessive Elsassaan Elsassansa Elsoissaan Elsoissansa elative Elsastaan Elsastansa Elsoistaan Elsoistansa illative Elsaansa Elsoihinsa adessive Elsallaan Elsallansa Elsoillaan Elsoillansa ablative Elsaltaan Elsaltansa Elsoiltaan Elsoiltansa allative Elsalleen Elsallensa Elsoilleen Elsoillensa essive Elsanaan Elsanansa Elsoinaan Elsoinansa translative Elsakseen Elsaksensa Elsoikseen Elsoiksensa abessive Elsattaan Elsattansa Elsoittaan Elsoittansa instructive — — comitative — Elsoineen Elsoinensa

Statistics

• Elsa is the 105^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 7,372 female individuals (and as a middle name to 3,306 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

Etymology

Medieval diminutive of Elisabeth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɛlza/

Proper noun

Elsa

1. a female given name

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.sa/, (traditional) /ˈel.sa/
• Rhymes: -ɛlsa, (traditional) -elsa
• Hyphenation: Èl‧sa, (traditional) Él‧sa

Etymology 1

From Latin Elsa.

Proper noun

Elsa ?

1. A river in Tuscany

Etymology 2

Contraction of Elisabetta or Elisa.

Proper noun

Elsa f

1. a female given name

Anagrams

• Ales, lesa, sale

Norwegian

Etymology

From Elisabet.

Proper noun

Elsa

1. a female given name

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈelsa/ [ˈel.sa]
• Rhymes: -elsa
• Syllabification: El‧sa

Proper noun

Elsa f

1. a female given name
   • 2016 February 3, Goretti Alonso, “Elsa Chaxiraxi González Suárez : “Repito porque ahora soy más consciente del trabajo y quiero ir a ganar””, in La Opinión de Tenerife, retrieved 26 February 2016:

     La experienca^[sic] de ser candidata a Reina del Carnaval de Santa Cruz de Tenerife no es nueva para Elsa Chaxiraxi González Suárez, la aspirante que saldrá en el puesto número tres luciendo su fantasía ante el público del Recinto Ferial.

     The experience of being a candidate for the Queen of Santa Cruz de Tenerife's Carnaval isn't new for Elsa Chaxiraxi González Suárez, the hopeful who will appear in the third spot showing off her fantasy [costume] to the crowd at the Fairgrounds.

Swedish

Etymology

Rare medieval contraction of Elisabet, also a variant Danish Else. First recorded in Sweden in 1422. Taken to general use in the 19th century through the influence of the identical German name.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Elsa c (genitive Elsas)

1. a female given name

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 42 087 females with the given name Elsa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.