Meanings
plural Elsas
- A female given name from German or Hebrew.
A friend that I envied — it was the same friend who had benefited from admiring Cosette's jewelry, a girl whose name was Elsa and whom naturally we called Lioness —
1988, Barbara Vine, The House of Stairs, Onyx, published 1990, →ISBN, page 351 more example
Do you remember the wave of Elsas that arrived shortly after the release of Frozen at the end of 2013? It became one the fastest-climbing names of the following year before dropping back, and then had another (smaller) spike in 2019 when Frozen II came out.
2022, Eleanor Turner, “On-screen inspo”, in Baby Names 2023, White Ladder, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, part one (Naming your baby)
plural Elsas
- A woman with magical powers over ice and cold, especially one who lets fear, panic, and indecision make her lose control.
The Elsa of Demon Slayer
2023 May 11, FallGuysfan121, “One of the most strongest and deadly blood demon art in the series. Shame we Didn't see it's full strength”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 18 Aug 20264 more examples
Ranni is the elsa of elden ring
2024 December 19, failureagainandagain, “Is this canon?”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026Kylo and Rey are the Elsa of the SW franchise. Incredible power, but whenever they're under duress, they panic and forget +90% of what they can do.
2021 May 31, Cityman, “[Star wars] Kyle katarn VS. Kylo ren?”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026Piper's charmspeak is so inconsistent it hurts my brain. Literally in just the previous book her Charmspeak had practically no effect on Khione, a MINOR GODDESS (the Elsa of the Percy Jackson world) but here she is putting mother earth to sleep XD
2021 July 29, apixelpaints, “the ending of blood of olympus was so disappointing”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026Going from the “Ice and Hate” bit, I made sure Delban’s powers have everything to do with ice and cold. He’s pretty much the Elsa of the Dark Powers. Because my warlock is Delban’s champion, his cold powers have changed her too.
2018 July 2, MandyMod, “Fleshing out Curse of Strahd Part 4: More on The Dark Powers”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026
Origin
- GermanElsa
- EnglishElsa
From German Elsa, contraction of Elisabeth, occasionally used in English after its appearance in Wagner's opera Lohengrin (1847). The common noun is after the character of the Frozen series of films.
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Cite this entry
Elsa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Elsa
“Elsa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Elsa. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Elsa,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Elsa.
Source: Elsa on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.