Ellouise
Ellouise was the 6184th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1922, when it ranked 1256th with 39 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 87 places. More babies were named Ellouise in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Elouise) whole, healthy + wood (via Eloise) · Germanic, French
- Rank in 2025
- #6,184 girls, down 1,802 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 19girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192239 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,029babies recorded
What does the name Ellouise mean?
Ellouise is a spelling of Elouise, pronounced the same way, so it shares Elouise's meaning and origin.
Elouise is a spelling of Eloise shaped by the name Louise, according to Wiktionary. Eloise comes from the medieval French Héloïse, which DMNES derives from Germanic elements meaning "whole, healthy" and "wood"; DMNES finds forms of the name in England from 1189. The best-known bearer of the older name is Héloïse, the 12th-century French scholar and abbess.
heil (Old High German, “whole, healthy”)witu (Old High German, “wood”)
How sure is this? Probable. Elouise is a variant; the Germanic elements of Eloise are given by DMNES, and the name is sometimes confused with Louise.
Related names: Eloise, Heloise, Louise, Elle.
See also: Germanic names, names that mean tree.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Elouise', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Eloise', Durham University / The DMNES Editors
- CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (cmudict), Carnegie Mellon University
Ellouise popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,184 | 19 |
| 2020 | #4,382 | 31 |
| 2010 | #10,650 | 10 |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | #5,526 | 5 |
| 1940 | #4,533 | 5 |
| 1930 | #1,624 | 24 |
| 1920 | #1,969 | 20 |
| 1910 | #1,359 | 12 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Ellouise, counting every spelling?
Ellouise is a spelling of Elouise, a name family that ranked #758 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #6,184 for Ellouise on its own. Together these spellings went to 363 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elouise | 344 | #788 | 1,336 |
| Ellouise | 19 | #6,184 | 91 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Ellouise?
19 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ellouise (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Ellouise born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 439 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ellouise.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ellouise?
About 400 people born in the US named Ellouise are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 6 and 80. That makes Ellouise a young name: most people with it are children. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Ellouise: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ellouise, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Ellouise
What does Ellouise mean?
Ellouise is a spelling of Elouise, which means “whole, healthy + wood (via Eloise)” (Germanic, French origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Ellouise?
Ellouise was the 6184th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1922, when it ranked 1256th with 39 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 87 places. More babies were named Ellouise in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Ellouise a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Ellouise in the US.