Elsa Forename
590th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,321,009 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Micronesia
Elsa Forename Definition:
ELSE. Originally Ger., as Else has mostly remained when it is not used as an endearment for Elsie. In Teutonic it means ‘noble maiden’ and therefore it has no justifiable connexion with Elizabeth.
Elsa Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 100% | 192,842 | 1:222 | 52 |
| Mexico | 100% | 118,966 | 1:1,044 | 205 |
| Angola | 100% | 107,699 | 1:250 | 36 |
| Philippines | 99% | 100,915 | 1:1,050 | 206 |
| Peru | 100% | 69,465 | 1:458 | 71 |
| Mozambique | - | 61,439 | 1:443 | 82 |
| United States | 100% | 58,777 | 1:6,168 | 811 |
| Colombia | 100% | 55,615 | 1:859 | 143 |
| Ecuador | - | 45,839 | 1:387 | 75 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 34,897 | 1:462 | 87 |
| Chile | 100% | 30,567 | 1:576 | 131 |
| Indonesia | 97% | 29,448 | 1:8,760 | 1,181 |
| Italy | 100% | 29,127 | 1:2,096 | 291 |
| Portugal | - | 28,539 | 1:365 | 77 |
| Germany | 100% | 27,034 | 1:3,576 | 440 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 26,542 | 1:179 | 68 |
| Cuba | - | 25,894 | 1:444 | 116 |
| Honduras | 100% | 22,435 | 1:393 | 55 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 21,447 | 1:1,408 | 221 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 19,470 | 1:544 | 120 |
| Sweden | 100% | 19,383 | 1:509 | 89 |
| Brazil | 100% | 19,155 | 1:11,184 | 1,216 |
| Spain | 100% | 17,958 | 1:2,591 | 330 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 16,765 | 1:622 | 86 |
| El Salvador | - | 12,944 | 1:490 | 80 |
| France | 100% | 12,577 | 1:5,285 | 457 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 11,389 | 1:301 | 67 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 11,112 | 1:651 | 139 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 8,091 | 1:12,058 | 1,731 |
| South Africa | 100% | 6,904 | 1:7,899 | 1,417 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5,518 | 1:1,091 | 213 |
| Norway | 100% | 5,057 | 1:1,015 | 229 |
| Finland | 100% | 4,999 | 1:1,097 | 238 |
| Panama | 100% | 4,956 | 1:788 | 120 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 4,735 | 1:1,735 | 357 |
| Albania | 100% | 3,545 | 1:859 | 139 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3,365 | 1:1,417 | 279 |
| Austria | 100% | 3,237 | 1:2,630 | 322 |
| England | 100% | 3,191 | 1:17,425 | 1,158 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,183 | 1:10,409 | 1,194 |
| Gabon | - | 3,127 | 1:602 | 106 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 2,721 | 1:8,684 | 1,463 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,306 | 1:7,330 | 1,012 |
| India | 100% | 1,763 | 1:689,097 | 50,457 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1,763 | 1:26,266 | 2,317 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,695 | 1:2,955 | 481 |
| Denmark | - | 1,399 | 1:4,038 | 529 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,363 | 1:8,430 | 989 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,331 | 1:8,215 | 528 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,282 | 1:24,035 | 3,052 |
| Micronesia | - | 933 | 1:114 | 26 |
| Cape Verde | - | 845 | 1:626 | 87 |
| Jamaica | - | 830 | 1:3,474 | 644 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 785 | 1:4,523 | 433 |
| Australia | - | 751 | 1:18,186 | 1,338 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 674 | 1:285 | 21 |
| Iceland | 99% | 643 | 1:569 | 108 |
| China | - | 628 | 1:2,175,248 | 43,655 |
| Ghana | - | 618 | 1:43,667 | 2,441 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 583 | 1:37,068 | 2,670 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 531 | 1:10,598 | 1,078 |
| Morocco | - | 437 | 1:78,601 | 2,819 |
| Belize | 100% | 415 | 1:854 | 156 |
| Hong Kong | - | 406 | 1:19,095 | 2,066 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 395 | 1:3,447 | 646 |
| Egypt | 62% | 390 | 1:235,643 | 8,182 |
| Thailand | 100% | 377 | 1:185,851 | 12,620 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 365 | 1:83,424 | 6,174 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 348 | 1:68,304 | 9,302 |
| Estonia | 100% | 297 | 1:4,429 | 698 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 279 | 1:29,220 | 2,903 |
| Qatar | 100% | 261 | 1:9,079 | 1,458 |
| Scotland | 100% | 257 | 1:20,819 | 995 |
| Barbados | - | 241 | 1:1,202 | 282 |
| Kuwait | - | 237 | 1:15,972 | 1,773 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 226 | 1:326,671 | 12,797 |
| New Zealand | - | 219 | 1:20,713 | 1,606 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 217 | 1:718 | 225 |
| Guyana | 100% | 207 | 1:3,687 | 704 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 190 | 1:259 | 31 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 164 | 1:3,439 | 437 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 160 | 1:96,399 | 7,058 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 156 | 1:1,732 | 362 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 151 | 1:12,206 | 826 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 143 | 1:6,091 | 656 |
| Aruba | - | 142 | 1:731 | 125 |
| Wales | 100% | 140 | 1:22,102 | 1,171 |
| Czechia | 94% | 120 | 1:88,801 | 1,096 |
| Iran | - | 108 | 1:726,823 | 7,267 |
| French Polynesia | - | 103 | 1:2,698 | 564 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 102 | 1:180,191 | 8,329 |
| Singapore | 100% | 96 | 1:65,490 | 6,909 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Russia | 96% | 89 | 1:1,620,603 | 11,756 |
| Nigeria | 69% | 88 | 1:2,017,777 | 40,483 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 79 | 1:2,251 | 420 |
| Andorra | - | 77 | 1:1,076 | 161 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 76 | 1:1,468 | 265 |
| Uganda | 81% | 73 | 1:561,054 | 12,371 |
| Benin | 100% | 67 | 1:157,848 | 8,202 |
| Ireland | 100% | 66 | 1:70,356 | 2,009 |
| Namibia | - | 66 | 1:36,427 | 2,586 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 62 | 1:39,657 | 1,840 |
| Bahamas | - | 61 | 1:6,547 | 958 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 56 | 1:1,960 | 400 |
| Ivory Coast | 93% | 55 | 1:419,562 | 16,601 |
| Croatia | 100% | 53 | 1:79,567 | 2,218 |
| Grenada | 100% | 52 | 1:2,079 | 436 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 48 | 1:73,426 | 2,646 |
| Kosovo | - | 45 | 1:41,365 | 3,360 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 44 | 1:4,417,220 | 45,153 |
| Botswana | 100% | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 35 | 1:2,840 | 589 |
| Guam | - | 35 | 1:4,590 | 836 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 33 | 1:1,858 | 421 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 32 | 1:1,183 | 245 |
| San Marino | 100% | 32 | 1:1,029 | 202 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 26 | 1:2,103 | 430 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Japan | - | 24 | 1:5,332,752 | 28,204 |
| Jersey | 100% | 23 | 1:4,347 | 567 |
| Yemen | - | 21 | 1:1,252,226 | 3,331 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Romania | 100% | 17 | 1:1,179,528 | 22,131 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 16 | 1:1,953 | 463 |
| Macau | - | 16 | 1:38,013 | 487 |
| Turkey | 100% | 16 | 1:4,862,607 | 22,291 |
| Nepal | 100% | 13 | 1:2,191,335 | 33,475 |
| Senegal | 100% | 12 | 1:1,215,113 | 10,353 |
| Monaco | 100% | 11 | 1:3,497 | 622 |
| Nauru | 100% | 10 | 1:1,193 | 190 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Dominica | - | 8 | 1:9,434 | 375 |
| Haiti | - | 8 | 1:1,340,869 | 18,166 |
| Palestine | 100% | 8 | 1:568,757 | 3,306 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 8 | 1:6,858 | 1,062 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 8 | 1:4,338 | 950 |
| Vietnam | - | 8 | 1:11,577,889 | 4,258 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Kazakhstan | 50% | 7 | 1:2,535,264 | 17,782 |
| Liberia | 75% | 7 | 1:630,294 | 15,835 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 7 | 1:1,021,713 | 39,786 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Georgia | 60% | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| Guinea | 100% | 5 | 1:2,371,729 | 4,683 |
| Israel | 100% | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 5 | 1:116,191 | 6,265 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Jordan | 100% | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Niger | - | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Poland | 67% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Elša (1), Èlsa (1) & Élsa (1) are calculated separately.
Elsa (26,798) may also be a surname.
Elsa Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
ELSE. Originally Ger., as Else has mostly remained when it is not used as an endearment for Elsie. In Teutonic it means ‘noble maiden’ and therefore it has no justifiable connexion with Elizabeth.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Elsa Forename Popularity
Elsa Demographics
Elsa Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 8,547 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Elsa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elsa in the Russian language | ||
| Эльса | elsa | - |
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