Elouise

Where Elouise comes from

Alternative form of Eloise, influenced by Louise.
— Wiktionary's entry for Elouise
  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1889
    First appearance
    #1,279 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1932
    Elouise Edwards born
    British community worker and civil rights activist
  3. 1933
    Peak, #420
    232 babies named Elouise — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1945
    Elouise P. Cobell born
    tribal elder and activist, banker, rancher, and lead plaintiff in the groundbreaking class-action suit Cobell v. Salazar
  5. 1952
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #863.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Elouise P. Cobell · tribal elder and activist, banker, rancher, and lead plaintiff in the groundbreaking class-action suit Cobell v. Salazar, 1945–2011
  • Elouise Edwards · British community worker and civil rights activist, 1932–2021

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.