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Elise

//ˈiːliːs// name

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  1. 1
    A female given name from Hebrew.

    ""Obviously I wasn't going to go through life saddled with a name like Elsie. When I got up to London at the age of eighteen everybody laughed at me, so a boyfriend suggested a tiny amendment, two letters swopped, and I've been Elise for thirty years.""

Etymology

From French Élise or German Elise, both variants of Elisabeth.

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