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“my God is an oath”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Els is a feminine given name documented in Spanish, Dutch and East Central German. It is a form of Elisabeth, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “my God is an oath”.
Meaning: “my God is an oath”
No etymology text in the cited sources.
02 / Across borders
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3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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France (France métropolitaine et départements-régions d'outre-mer; avant 2012 France hors Mayotte), 2004: 5 girls (rank 4484).
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03 / By the numbers
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2025 Spelling: ELS
Recorded category female
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Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística · Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | People | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | 26,342 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “ELS” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure people. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-04-23 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Belgian tennis player
Dutch journalist, writer and politician
Belgian actress (born 1964)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Netherlands — SVB newborn names from child-benefit administration, 2017–2025
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), Netherlands · Dutch public-sector database reuse assessment; no standard publisher licence stated · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
