# Elsa
## English
### Etymology

From German Elsa, contraction of Elisabeth, occasionally used in English after its appearance in Wagner's opera Lohengrin (1847).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛlsə/

### Proper noun

Elsa (plural Elsas)
* A female given name from German or Hebrew.
** 1988, Barbara Vine, The House of Stairs, Onyx, published 1990, →ISBN, page 35:A friend that I envied — it was the same friend who had benefited from admiring Cosette's jewelry, a girl whose name was Elsa and whom naturally we called Lioness —
** 2022, Eleanor Turner, “On-screen inspo”, in Baby Names 2023, White Ladder, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, part one (Naming your baby):Do you remember the wave of Elsas that arrived shortly after the release of Frozen at the end of 2013? It became one the fastest-climbing names of the following year before dropping back, and then had another (smaller) spike in 2019 when Frozen II came out.

#### Derived terms

* Elsagate
* Elsanna

### Anagrams

* ASLE, Ales, ELAS, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, ales, lase, leas, sale, seal, sela

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛlza]
* Hyphenation: El‧sa

### Proper noun

Elsa f (relational adjective Elsin)
* a female given name

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Elsa”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “Elsa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

### Anagrams

* lesy
* sely

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Elsa f
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

Matronymics
* son of Elsa: Elsuson
* daughter of Elsa: Elsudóttir

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From German and Swedish Elsa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈelsɑ/, [ˈe̞ls̠ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -elsɑ
* Hyphenation: El‧sa

### Proper noun

Elsa
* a female given name
** 1894, Teuvo Pakkala, Elsa, SKS, published 1995, →ISBN, page 11:Voisiko hänenkin tyttärelleen käydä noin, vaikka hän uskoisi Jumalaan, uskoisi niin vakavasti kuin on uskonut, että hän varjelee Elsan? Ei, se on mahdotonta!Could it happen to the daughter too, even if she believed in God, as seriously as she had, that Elsa would be safe from danger? No, impossible!
** 2014, Heidi Jaatinen, Kaksi viatonta päivää, Gummerus, →ISBN, pages 153–154:Ja hän melkein hymyili sille. Ja sai tietää, että tytöllä oli nimi: Elsa. Siro nimi puhumattomalle tytölle....and almost smiled at it, and got to know that the girl had a name: Elsa. A graceful name for the girl that hadn't spoken a word.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Elsa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Elsani
Elsani
accusative
nom.
Elsani
Elsani
gen.
Elsani
genitive
Elsani
Elsojeni Elsaini $^{rare}$
partitive
Elsaani
Elsojani
inessive
Elsassani
Elsoissani
elative
Elsastani
Elsoistani
illative
Elsaani
Elsoihini
adessive
Elsallani
Elsoillani
ablative
Elsaltani
Elsoiltani
allative
Elsalleni
Elsoilleni
essive
Elsanani
Elsoinani
translative
Elsakseni
Elsoikseni
abessive
Elsattani
Elsoittani
instructive
comitative
—Elsoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Elsasi
Elsasi
accusative
nom.
Elsasi
Elsasi
gen.
Elsasi
genitive
Elsasi
Elsojesi Elsaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Elsaasi
Elsojasi
inessive
Elsassasi
Elsoissasi
elative
Elsastasi
Elsoistasi
illative
Elsaasi
Elsoihisi
adessive
Elsallasi
Elsoillasi
ablative
Elsaltasi
Elsoiltasi
allative
Elsallesi
Elsoillesi
essive
Elsanasi
Elsoinasi
translative
Elsaksesi
Elsoiksesi
abessive
Elsattasi
Elsoittasi
instructive
comitative
—Elsoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Elsamme
Elsamme
accusative
nom.
Elsamme
Elsamme
gen.
Elsamme
genitive
Elsamme
Elsojemme Elsaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Elsaamme
Elsojamme
inessive
Elsassamme
Elsoissamme
elative
Elsastamme
Elsoistamme
illative
Elsaamme
Elsoihimme
adessive
Elsallamme
Elsoillamme
ablative
Elsaltamme
Elsoiltamme
allative
Elsallemme
Elsoillemme
essive
Elsanamme
Elsoinamme
translative
Elsaksemme
Elsoiksemme
abessive
Elsattamme
Elsoittamme
instructive
comitative
—Elsoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Elsanne
Elsanne
accusative
nom.
Elsanne
Elsanne
gen.
Elsanne
genitive
Elsanne
Elsojenne Elsainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Elsaanne
Elsojanne
inessive
Elsassanne
Elsoissanne
elative
Elsastanne
Elsoistanne
illative
Elsaanne
Elsoihinne
adessive
Elsallanne
Elsoillanne
ablative
Elsaltanne
Elsoiltanne
allative
Elsallenne
Elsoillenne
essive
Elsananne
Elsoinanne
translative
Elsaksenne
Elsoiksenne
abessive
Elsattanne
Elsoittanne
instructive
comitative
—Elsoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Elsansa
Elsansa
accusative
nom.
Elsansa
Elsansa
gen.
Elsansa
genitive
Elsansa
Elsojensa Elsainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Elsaansa
Elsojaan Elsojansa
inessive
Elsassaan Elsassansa
Elsoissaan Elsoissansa
elative
Elsastaan Elsastansa
Elsoistaan Elsoistansa
illative
Elsaansa
Elsoihinsa
adessive
Elsallaan Elsallansa
Elsoillaan Elsoillansa
ablative
Elsaltaan Elsaltansa
Elsoiltaan Elsoiltansa
allative
Elsalleen Elsallensa
Elsoilleen Elsoillensa
essive
Elsanaan Elsanansa
Elsoinaan Elsoinansa
translative
Elsakseen Elsaksensa
Elsoikseen Elsoiksensa
abessive
Elsattaan Elsattansa
Elsoittaan Elsoittansa
instructive
comitative
—Elsoineen Elsoinensa :

#### Statistics

* Elsa is the 105th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 7,372 female individuals (and as a middle name to 3,306 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

## German
### Etymology

Medieval diminutive of Elisabeth.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔɛlza/

### Proper noun

Elsa
* a female given name

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛl.sa/, (traditional) /ˈel.sa/
* Rhymes: -ɛlsa, (traditional) -elsa
* Hyphenation: Èl‧sa, (traditional) Él‧sa

### Etymology 1

From Latin Elsa.

#### Proper noun

Elsa ?
* A river in Tuscany

### Etymology 2

Contraction of Elisabetta or Elisa.

#### Proper noun

Elsa f
* a female given name

### References

* ↑ Elsa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* Ales, lesa, sale

## Norwegian
### Etymology

From Elisabet.

### Proper noun

Elsa
* a female given name

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈelsa/ [ˈel.sa]
* Rhymes: -elsa
* Syllabification: El‧sa

### Proper noun

Elsa f
* a female given name
** 2016 February 3, Goretti Alonso, “Elsa Chaxiraxi González Suárez : “Repito porque ahora soy más consciente del trabajo y quiero ir a ganar””, in La Opinión de Tenerife, retrieved 26 February 2016:La experienca de ser candidata a Reina del Carnaval de Santa Cruz de Tenerife no es nueva para Elsa Chaxiraxi González Suárez, la aspirante que saldrá en el puesto número tres luciendo su fantasía ante el público del Recinto Ferial.The experience of being a candidate for the Queen of Santa Cruz de Tenerife's Carnaval isn't new for Elsa Chaxiraxi González Suárez, the hopeful who will appear in the third spot showing off her fantasy [costume] to the crowd at the Fairgrounds.

## Swedish
### Etymology

Rare medieval contraction of Elisabet, also a variant Danish Else. First recorded in Sweden in 1422. Taken to general use in the 19th century through the influence of the identical German name.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Elsa c (genitive Elsas)
* a female given name

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 42 087 females with the given name Elsa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.