At a Glance
- Meaning
- Possibly 'healthy and wide' (Germanic roots debated)
- Origin
- Germanic (via Old French Heloise, Italian/Spanish form)
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- eh-loh-EE-zuh
Eloisa is a Germanic (via Old French Heloise, Italian/Spanish form) girl's name meaning “possibly 'healthy and wide' (Germanic roots debated)”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Eloisa
Meaning: Possibly 'healthy and wide' (Germanic roots debated).
Origin: Germanic (via Old French Heloise, Italian/Spanish form).
A common claim: Widely repeated as meaning 'healthy and wide' Actually: This is the traditional guess, not a settled scholarly fact -- Heloise/Eloisa's true Germanic roots remain genuinely debated.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Eloisa
eh-loh-EE-zuhIPA /ˌɛloʊˈiːzə/
Popularity of Eloisa
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