Given name & surname
Elson
“from the nobleman's town”
Elson is a variant of Elston. One English interpretation is “from the nobleman's town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Elson is a variant of Elston. One English interpretation is “from the nobleman's town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Elson is a variant of Elston. An origin associated with Elston is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Possibly from Middle English elson, from Middle Dutch elsene, from Old Dutch *elisna, from Proto-West Germanic *alisnu, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,333
- 1,333 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #4,906 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,906 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 28 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,070 as a first name in 2020; 2,673 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Elson
- ElsinhoBrazilian association football playerborn 1989
- Elson HooiCuraçaoan association football playerborn 1991
- Elson BecerraColombian footballer (1978-2006)
- Elson BeiruthBrazilian footballer (1941-2012)
- Elson BrechtefeldNauru Wightlifterborn 1994
- Elson FloydAmerican academic1956–2015
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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