Given name
Elpida
“filled with hope”
In Greek use, Elpida carries the interpretation “filled with hope.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Greek use, Elpida carries the interpretation “filled with hope.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
Elpida is used as a feminine counterpart of Elpidius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elpida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 0 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 166 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Elpida’s family of names
Elpida is a feminine form of Elpidius. Elpida has a related form in Elpeada. Elpida has a related form in Elpeadah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Elpeadahvariant
- Elpeidahvariant
- Elpiedahvariant
- Elpeedahvariant
- Elpydahvariant
- Espevariant
- Elpeadavariant
- Elpeidavariant
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Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Elpida
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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