Elsie
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name borrowed from English.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Elsie (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Elsie has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 11 |
| 2008 | 8 |
| 2009 | 18 |
| 2010 | 32 |
| 2011 | 35 |
| 2012 | 56 |
| 2013 | 62 |
| 2014 | 81 |
| 2015 | 93 |
| 2016 | 110 |
| 2017 | 93 |
| 2018 | 119 |
| 2019 | 131 |
| 2020 | 123 |
| 2021 | 155 |
| 2022 | 156 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 5,622 |
| 2000 | 5,505 |
| 2001 | 5,386 |
| 2002 | 5,280 |
| 2003 | 5,162 |
| 2004 | 5,051 |
| 2005 | 4,918 |
| 2006 | 4,800 |
| 2007 | 4,675 |
| 2008 | 4,523 |
| 2009 | 4,404 |
| 2010 | 4,322 |
| 2011 | 4,193 |
| 2012 | 4,099 |
| 2013 | 4,021 |
| 2014 | 3,920 |
| 2015 | 3,838 |
| 2016 | 3,800 |
| 2017 | 3,705 |
| 2018 | 3,682 |
| 2019 | 3,656 |
| 2020 | 3,615 |
Elsie in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Elsie.Hi! My name is Elsie.
- Elsie bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Elsie lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Elsie i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Elsie this afternoon.
- Elsies mamma är lärare.Elsie's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Elsies mamma is Elsie's mum.
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Questions about Elsie
How do you pronounce Elsie in Swedish?
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What does the name Elsie mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name borrowed from English.
How popular is Elsie in Sweden?
156 babies were named Elsie in 2022. In 2020, 3,615 people in Sweden had Elsie as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.