Meanings
proper noun
- 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."
2001, Susan Kelly, Killing the Fatted Calf, Allison & Busby, →ISBN, page 34
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APA
Elise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Elise
MLA
“Elise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Elise. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Elise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Elise.
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