Elyse

Where Elyse comes from

A rare spelling variant of Elise. By folk etymology, connected to Elysium.
— Wiktionary's entry for Elyse
  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,827 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1917
    Elyse Knox born
    American actress
  3. 1985
    Elyse Levesque born
    Canadian actress
  4. 1987
    Peak, #305
    803 babies named Elyse — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1992
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #669.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Elyse Levesque · Canadian actress, born 1985
  • Elyse Knox · American actress, 1917–2012
  • Elyse Villani · cricketer, born 1989
  • Elyse Sewell · fashion model from the USA, born 1982
  • Elyse Taylor · Australian model, born 1986

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.