Meaning & origin
What it means
Elsey is built from elements meaning “elf” and “victory”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elsey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 137
- 0 boys · 137 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,030 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +55%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,030 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 156 as a first name in 2020; 1,531 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Elsey’s family of names
Elsey may belong to the same name family as ELLSEY. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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