Given name & surname
Elzie
“from the nobleman's estate”
Elzie is a form of Ellsworth. One English interpretation is “from the nobleman's estate.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Elzie carries the interpretation “from the nobleman's estate.” Elzie is a form of Ellsworth. One English interpretation is “from the nobleman's estate.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Elzie is used as a form of Ellsworth.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elzie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,531
- 3,859 boys · 672 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 129 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,236 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +89%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 19% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,236 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,013 as a first name in 2020; 528 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.
Elzie’s family of names
Elzie is a form of Ellsworth. Elzie has a related form in Elzy. Elzie has a related form in Ellzea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Elzyvariant
- Elzzielikely variant
- Ellzeyvariant
- Ellzyvariant
- Ellzeavariant
- Ellzeevariant
- Ellzievariant
- Ellzivariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Elzie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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