Elsie

name

name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Hebrew.

    "Elsie Marley is so neat, / 'Tis hard for one to walk the street / But every lad a lass they meet, / Cries do you ken Elsie Marley, honey?"

  2. 2
    A diminutive of the male given name Alexander. obsolete, rare

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"And it was from their sly hints and innuendos that Elsie was taught that it was expected of her father to give a ball, and that, indeed, a great many people would be very greatly disappointed if he did not."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a Scottish diminutive of Alison/Alice and Elspeth/Elizabeth.

Etymology 2

From a Scottish diminutive of Alexander.

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