Else
English edit
Etymology edit
- As an English surname, spelling variant of Ell.
- As a north German surname, of Low German origin, from Proto-West Germanic *aliʀu (“alder”), comparable to Dutch els.
Proper noun edit
Else
- A surname.
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Else
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Contraction of Elisabeth. Cognate with German Elsa.
Proper noun edit
Else
- a female given name
References edit
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 59 911 females with the given name Else have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Else
- a female given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Else (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Else | Elset | ||
genitive | Elsen | Elsejen | ||
partitive | Elseä | Elsejä | ||
illative | Elseen | Elseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Else | Elset | ||
accusative | nom. | Else | Elset | |
gen. | Elsen | |||
genitive | Elsen | Elsejen Elseinrare | ||
partitive | Elseä | Elsejä | ||
inessive | Elsessä | Elseissä | ||
elative | Elsestä | Elseistä | ||
illative | Elseen | Elseihin | ||
adessive | Elsellä | Elseillä | ||
ablative | Elseltä | Elseiltä | ||
allative | Elselle | Elseille | ||
essive | Elsenä | Elseinä | ||
translative | Elseksi | Elseiksi | ||
abessive | Elsettä | Elseittä | ||
instructive | — | Elsein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Else is the 410th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 962 female individuals (and as a middle name to 435 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Else
- a female given name
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
Contraction of Elisabeth.
Proper noun edit
Else
- a female given name