The name Eloise comes from the Old French name Héloïse, which is believed to be a variant of the Germanic name Helewidis and composed of the Germanic elements heil, meaning "healthy" or "whole," and wit, meaning "wide." It can also be linked to the Greek word helios, meaning "sun." It was popular in the early-to-mid 1900s before falling out of the Social Security Administration's top 1,000 in the 1960s. It returned to the list in 2008 and has now been a top-100 girl's name every year since 2022. Sofia Richie, the daughter of singer-songwriter Lionel Richie, named her daughter Eloise Samantha, born in 2024. It's also the name of actress Claudia Jessie's character in the hit Netflix series "Bridgerton."
