Elsa

== English == === Etymology === From German Elsa, contraction of Elisabeth, occasionally used in English after its appearance in Wagner's opera Lohengrin (1847). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛlsə/ === Proper noun === Elsa (plural Elsas) A female given name from German or Hebrew. ==== Derived terms ==== Elsagate Elsanna === Anagrams === ASLE, Ales, ELAS, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, ales, lase, leas, sale, seal, sela == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛlza] Hyphenation: El‧sa === Proper noun === Elsa f (relational adjective Elsin) a female given name ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Elsa”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “Elsa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 === Anagrams === lesy sely == Faroese == === Proper noun === Elsa f a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Matronymics son of Elsa: Elsuson daughter of Elsa: Elsudóttir ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From German and Swedish Elsa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈelsɑ/, [ˈe̞ls̠ɑ̝] Rhymes: -elsɑ Syllabification(key): El‧sa Hyphenation(key): El‧sa === Proper noun === Elsa a female given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Statistics ==== Elsa is the 107th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 7,327 female individuals (and as a middle name to 3,488 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. == German == === Etymology === Medieval diminutive of Elisabeth. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʔɛlza/ === Proper noun === Elsa a female given name == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛl.sa/, (traditional) /ˈel.sa/ Rhymes: -ɛlsa, (traditional) -elsa Hyphenation: Èl‧sa, (traditional) Él‧sa === Etymology 1 === From Latin Elsa. ==== Proper noun ==== Elsa ? a river in Tuscany === Etymology 2 === Contraction of Elisabetta or Elisa. ==== Proper noun ==== Elsa f a female given name === References === === Anagrams === Ales, lesa, sale == Norwegian == === Etymology === From Elisabet. === Proper noun === Elsa a female given name == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈelsa/ [ˈel.sa] Rhymes: -elsa Syllabification: El‧sa === Proper noun === Elsa f a female given name == Swedish == === Etymology === Rare medieval contraction of Elisabet, also a variant Danish Else. First recorded in Sweden in 1422. Taken to general use in the 19th century through the influence of the identical German name. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Elsa c (genitive Elsas) a female given name === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 42 087 females with the given name Elsa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.