Given name & surname
Elsworth
“from the nobleman's estate”
Elsworth is a variant of Ellsworth. One English interpretation is “from the nobleman's estate.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Elsworth is a variant of Ellsworth. One English interpretation is “from the nobleman's estate.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Elsworth is a variant of Ellsworth. An origin associated with Ellsworth is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elsworth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 829
- 829 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 40 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 boys is 5 in 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 40 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 256 as a first name in 2020; 569 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.
Elsworth’s family of names
Elsworth has a related form in Ellsworth.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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“from the nobleman's forest; from the old forest”
>99% boys
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“a friend of the elves”
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“a renowned and noble man”
>99% boys