Given name
Elyce
“the Lord is my God”
Elyce is a variant of Ellyce. In English use, Ellyce carries the interpretation “the Lord is my God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Elyce is a variant of Ellyce. In English use, Ellyce carries the interpretation “the Lord is my God.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elyce through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 830
- 0 boys · 830 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,281 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,281 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 735 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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