Meaning: My God is an oath, through Elizabeth
The story
Elsie is an English and Swedish diminutive of Elizabeth. Its Hebrew meaning comes through the longer name; Scottish roots alone do not describe its documented use.
Nicknames
- Els
Spellings & variants
- Elsey
- Elspeth
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Style
Origins
Elsie comes from English and Scottish.
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Form of Elias or of Welsh Elisedd
Winnie
Short form of Winifred
Winifred
Possibly from Gwenfrewi; meaning uncertain
Arabella
Probably a form of Annabel
Lorna
Literary name, possibly from Lorne
Davina
Beloved, through David
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