Eloise

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Éloïse in FR France, ES Spain.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Eloise is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name162K records spelled Eloise13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, Argentina

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Eloíse, Eloïse, Éloïse, Ëlöïšë, Elóise

• a separate given name9.0K records spelled Eloise6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Eloïse, Éloïse, Éloise, Eloíse, Elöise

• Polish given name1.2K records spelled Eloise8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Czechia, Slovakia

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

  Also written Éloïse, Eloïse

• Finnish given name719 records spelled Eloise6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Estonia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Éloïse, Eloïse, Elõïse

• Korean given name437 records spelled Eloise2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Korea, United Kingdom

  Also written Eloïse

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Eloise is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A name based on the Old French name Héidise.

  as a name·Irish first names

• Name of the wife of the 12thcentury Parisian philosopher Pierre Abélard. The story of their love is famous: after they married secretly, Eloise’s uncle had Pierre castrated; he became a monk and she a nun, but they continued to write to each other and were eventually buried side by _ side. Also Héloise.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Eloise Jarvis McGrawb. 1915USAmerican writer (1915–2000)
• Eloise Hardtb. 1917USAmerican actress (1917-2017)
• Eloise Lawsb. 1943USvocalist
• Diana Palmerb. 1946USnot in their usual nameAmerican romance novelist
• Eloise Broady DeJoriab. 1957USAmerican model, actress, and businesswoman
• Eloise Mumfordb. 1986USAmerican actress
• Eloise Smythb. 1995GBEnglish actress
• Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassaub. 2002NLDutch noble
• Eloise Christina Schwarzenegger Prattb. 2022USdaughter of Katherine Schwarzenegger
• Eloise Juryeffactress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 850 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Eloise?

We estimate roughly 67 thousand people bear Eloise (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Eloise have the most bearers?

Eloise is most frequently recorded in Australia, where it is most often spelled eloise.

Where is Eloise most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Eloise is densest in France — about 1 in 3.0 thousand people — even though Australia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Eloise compared with other names?

In Australia, Eloise is the 535th most common given name of 197,734 given names recorded there.

Is Eloise a male or female name?

Eloise is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Eloise mean?

Recorded meaning: Variant of Heloise/Éloïse, from Old German, often linked to 'healthy' and 'wide'.