Elsie, a diminutive of Elizabeth, is a shortened form of the Hebrew name Elisheva, which is derived from the Hebrew elements el, meaning "God," and shava, meaning "oath." Together, it translates to "oath to God" or "my God is an oath." It was a top-100 girl's name in the United States every year between 1900 and 1933, but fell outside of the top 1,000 in the mid-1970s. Elsie returned to the list in 2005 and has been a top-200 girl's name every year since 2022. It's the name "New Girl" actress Zooey Deschanel gave her daughter, Elsie Otter, born in 2015, and the name "Fantastic Four" actor Ioan Gruffudd gave his daughter, Elsie Marigold, born in 2013.
