Elois

Where Elois comes from

From French Éloïse, from the Medieval Latin and French forms that gave rise to its doublet Heloise.
— Wiktionary's entry for Elois
  • French
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1895
    First appearance
    #1,592 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1922
    Elois Jenssen born
    American costume designer
  3. 1935
    Peak, #779
    75 babies named Elois — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1956
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,871.
In the dictionary
  • Alternative form of Heloise, A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Elois Jenssen · American costume designer, 1922–2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.