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 [ 2 syll. e-li-se, el-ise ] The girl name Elise is pronounced ahLIYS KEY. Elise is of Germanic and Hebrew origin. It is used mainly in the German, Dutch, English, French, and Scandinavian languages. Elise is a Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian short form of Elizabeth (English). Elise is also a German variant of Alice (Czech, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese). See also the related forms, Elisha (English) and Elysia (English). Elise is popular as a baby girl name. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1940s. At the recent height of its usage in 2006, 0.075% of baby girls were given the name Elise. It was #218 in rank then. In 2008, it ranked at #218 with a usage of 0.074%, and it was the 2nd most popular after Elizabeth (English), within all girl names in its family. It was 8 times more widely used than Elise in 2008. Baby names that sound like Elise include Élise (French), Eilis (Irish), Eilish (Irish), Eilís (Irish), Alake, Aleks (Russian), Alex (English), Alexus (English), Alexys (English), Alice (Czech, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese), Alike (Greek and English), Alis (English and Welsh), Alise (English and Latvian), Alisz (Hungarian), Alix (English and French), Aliz (Greek and Hungarian), Alize (English), Alís (Irish), Alka (Polish), and Alkas. KEY: Pronunciation for Elise: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
