Elysse
Feminine · “Hebrew Elisheva”
Beethoven wrote Fur Elise in 1810 and it was not published until forty years after his death. Nobody knows who Elise was. The likeliest explanation is that the editor misread the composer's handwriting and the dedication was to Therese Malfatti, whose papers the manuscript was found among.
How old is the name Elysse?
Elysse first appears in US birth records in 1953 — 72 years ago. The typical Elysse alive today was born around 2001, making them about 24 years old. About 800 people named Elysse are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Elysse most popular?
Elysse peaked in 1987, reaching #2780 nationally. Today it ranks #9457, 6,677 places below that high. See the whole 1987 chart.
Where it comes from
From Elisheva to Elysse
The story of Elysse
The manuscript of the bagatelle now known as Fur Elise was found in 1867 by Ludwig Nohl among the papers of Therese Malfatti, a young woman Beethoven had known and reportedly proposed to in 1810, the year the piece was written. Nohl published it with the title Fur Elise, said the autograph read that, and then the manuscript disappeared. It has never been seen since. Beethoven's handwriting was famously difficult, and the standard theory is that Therese was misread as Elise, which would make the piece's title an editorial error that has stuck to one of the most played pieces of music in the world. Other candidates have been proposed, including a singer named Elisabeth Rockel. Without the manuscript the question cannot be settled, and the name attached to the piece may belong to nobody at all.
Meaning
Hebrew Elisheva, my God is an oath
Elysse is a respelling of Elise, the French short form of Elisabeth, from Hebrew Elisheva, joining eli, my God, to sheva, an oath or seven; the second element is genuinely disputed. The y and doubled s are American respellings that do not change the sound. The peak of this spelling is 1987.
How the name formed
- Elisheva
- Elisabeth
- Elise
- Elysse
Related forms: Elise · Elise · Elyse
Pronouncing Elysse
eh-LEES
Two syllables, stress on the second. Elysse, Elyse and Elise are homophones. Some American speakers say eh-LICE with a hard s instead.
Nicknames for Elysse
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1953
- Most girls named
- 198735 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2780reached in 1987
- Change vs 2024
- +42.9%10 in 2025, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Elysse in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Elise in French — spelling variant
- Elise in German — same name
- Elyse in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Florida.
Elysses among us
people named Elysse are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 160,727 born in 2025 was named Elysse
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Elysse
- #9457
- Elysse on the 2025 chart
- #936
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Elysse went to 10 girls in 2025, but Elisse is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 24, which makes it the 936th most-given girls’ name of the year — 8,521 places above the chart.
- Elisse14
- Elysse10
About 1 girl in 66,969 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 160,727 for Elysse itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ginna test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Elysse's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ginna climbed just as high around 1963, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ginna's path sketches the road Elysse is walking now.
Elysse sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Elysse beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Elysse in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ellie works as a short form and is widely used.
- Elizabeth is available as the formal version.
- The stressed ending gives it a firm final beat.
- Elise and Elyse are both commoner spellings.
- The final s is voiced by some speakers and not by others.
- It will be spelled out on introduction.
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Frequently asked
- How many Elysses are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Elysse are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Elysse?
- Elysse is one of 2 recorded spellings. Elisse is the more common one — 14 births in 2025 against 10 for Elysse.
- How popular is the name Elysse in 2025?
- Elysse ranks #9457 among US girl names in 2025, with 10 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Elysse?
- About 1 in every 160,727 US girls born in 2025 was named Elysse — 10 in all.
- Will my child share the name Elysse with classmates?
- Elysse will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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