Meaning 
The name Elsa has the following meaning: A truthful and morally strong person. The name soared to popularity since the mid 1800's due to the success of the Lewis Caroll novel, Alice in Wonderland.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.
Popularity 
As a baby girl name, Elsa is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 790 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Elsa rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 32 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 691 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Elsa in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Elsa and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Elsa: Boys - Wilbur, Girls - Adelia, Adelle, Berdie, Deloise, Harriett, Henriette, Herminia, Karla, Theda, Willa, Both genders - Jocelyn
Variants 
The name Elsa is a variant of Alice. Other popular variants of the name Alice are: Aili (Scottish), Alecia, Alehsa, Alesia, Alessa, Ali (Nickname), Alica (Hungarian), Alice (German), Alicea, Alicia (Spanish), Alika, Alikah, Alisa, Alise, Alishah, Alishay, Alishya, Alisia (Polish), Alisse, Alissya, Aliz (Polish), Alli (Nickname), Allie, Allisanne, Allison (English), Allisun, Ally, Allyce, Allys, Alyce, Alysa, Alyse, Alysha, Alysia, Alyson (English), Alyssa, Alyssaya, Alysse, Alyssia, Elissa, Elsa, Elyse, Elyssa, Illysa, Illyssa, Ilysa, Licha (Spanish)
Style 
We think the name Elsa should fall under the following style category: Traditional. See other Traditional girl names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Elsa to be: A dreamy person who is young at heart, kind, and gentleIn one word, you might describe Elsa as a(n) " dreamy" person. See other "dreamy" names for girls.
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