Eloise

Where Eloise comes from

From French Éloïse, from the Medieval Latin and French forms that gave rise to its doublet Heloise.
— Wiktionary's entry for Eloise
  • French
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #518 among girls — 11 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1896
    Eloise Blaine Cram born
    American zoologist
  3. 1986
    Eloise Mumford born
    American actress
  4. 2025
    Peak, #49
    4,251 babies named Eloise — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2025
    The comeback
    Back to #49 after sinking to #4,208 in 1991.
In the dictionary
  • Alternative form of Heloise, A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Eloise Mumford · American actress, born 1986
  • Eloise Blaine Cram · American zoologist, 1896–1957
  • Eloise Wellings · Australian long-distance runner, born 1982
  • Eloise Jarvis McGraw · American writer, 1915–2000
  • Eloise Harriet Stannard · British painter, 1829–1915

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.