Given name
Éloïse
“to pick, to choose from”
Éloïse is a feminine given name from Medieval Latin, ultimately from Latin. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Éloïse goes back to Latin ēligō, meaning “to pick, to choose from.”
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Where it comes from
Éloïse comes from Medieval Latin, and ultimately from Latin.
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How it developed
From Medieval Latin Eligius, from Latin ēligō (“to pick, to choose from”), built from French Éloi + esse (“-ess: feminizing nouns”).
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The story
In French use, Éloïse has a related form in Héloïse. The history of Héloïse gives this family its wider story. Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s novel La Nouvelle Héloïse, published in 1761, helped renew interest in Héloïse in the eighteenth century.
Explained through its name family
Éloïse’s family of names
In French usage, Éloïse has a conventional equivalent in the English form Eloise. In French usage, Éloïse has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Eloisa. In French usage, Éloïse has a conventional equivalent in the English form Heloise.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Éloïse has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Éloïse
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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