At a Glance: Name: Else – Meaning: short form of Elisabeth, 'God is my oath' – Origin: German/Scandinavian (short form of Elisabeth) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: EL-zuh
Else is a German/Scandinavian (short form of Elisabeth) girl's name meaning “short form of Elisabeth, 'God is my oath'”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Else
Meaning: Short form of Elisabeth, 'God is my oath'.
Origin: German/Scandinavian (short form of Elisabeth).
A common claim: Often glossed as 'my God is abundance' (Danish) or 'pledged to God' (German), via the root name Elisabeth Actually: 'My God is abundance' is a loose paraphrase; the more standard scholarly translation of Elisabeth's Hebrew root (Elisheva) is 'God is my oath.'
Source: Wikipedia, Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Else
Phonetic: EL-zuh
Popularity of Else
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1884–2020.
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