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English
Etymology
- As an English surname, spelling variant of Ell.
- As a north German surname, of Low German origin, from Proto-West Germanic *aliʀu (“alder”), comparable to Dutch els.
Proper noun
Else
- A surname.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
Else
Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Else
- a female given name
References
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Else
- a female given name
Declension
Statistics
- Else is the 437th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 907 female individuals (and as a middle name to 477 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Else
- a female given name
Norwegian
Etymology
Contraction of Elisabeth.
Proper noun
Else
- a female given name
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 270 females with the given name Else living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
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