Given name
Élise
Élise is a feminine given name from French. It is used in English and French.
Original FrenchÉlisabeth
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In French usage, Élise is a diminutive of Élisabeth.
Élise’s family of names
In French usage, Élise is a diminutive of Élisabeth. In French usage, Élise has a later derivative in Eilís. In French usage, Élise has a conventional equivalent in the English form Elizabeth.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Élise has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Frenchwhere Élise comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ElizabethEnglish
- ElizaBreton
- Eliseborrowing · English, Spanish
- ElisaOccitan, Italian
- Lizagallo
- Lizzgallo
- Élisaequivalent
- Eilísderivative · Irish
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People named Élise
- Raymonde de LarocheFrench pilot and the first woman in the world to receive an aeroplane pilot's licence1882–1919
- Elise NealAmerican actressborn 1966
- Élise BussagliaFrench association football playerborn 1985
- Élise DelzenneFrench cyclistborn 1989
- Élise Crombezmodelborn 1982
- Elise EstradaCanadian singerborn 1987
- Élise PellegrinMaltese Alpine skierborn 1991
- Eliswa VakayilIndian catholic saint1831–1913
- Élise LarnicolFrench actressborn 1968
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