Eloise

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“healthy, wide” — Germanic via French

#642024 rank
2024peak year
68,429babies named Eloise since 1880
▲ +80%5-year trend

Eloise popularity over 145 years

🔥 Very popular now · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024

peak 202418801920196020002024

What does Eloise mean?

From the Old French Heloise, from the Germanic Helewidis, from hailaz, 'healthy', and wid, 'wide'. It spread through the medieval scholar Heloise and later children's fiction.

OriginGermanic via French
Syllables3
Gendergirl
Stylevintage, classic

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