Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Else

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Remove ads
See also: else and -else

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

Proper noun

Else

  1. A surname.

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlzɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛlzɛ
  • Hyphenation: El‧se

Noun

Else

  1. dative/locative singular of Elsa

Danish

Etymology

Contraction of Elisabeth. Cognate with German Elsa.

Proper noun

Else

  1. a female given name

References

  • Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 59 911 females with the given name Else have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

Finnish

Etymology

From Danish Else.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈelse/, [ˈe̞ls̠e̞]
  • Rhymes: -else
  • Syllabification(key): El‧se
  • Hyphenation(key): El‧se

Proper noun

Else

  1. a female given name

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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.
Remove ads

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Else.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Else

  1. a female given name

Norwegian

Etymology

Contraction of Elisabeth.

Proper noun

Else

  1. 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.

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads