Els - Meaning of Els

What does Els mean?

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Els

[ 1 syll. el(s), els- ] The baby girl name Els is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced as EH-LZ †. Els is of Hebrew origin and it is used mainly in Dutch. Els is a shortening (Dutch) of the Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, and Scandinavian Elisabeth and a form of the English, Greek, and Hebrew Elizabeth.

See also the related categories, hebrew and dutch.

Els is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Among the family of girl names directly related to Els, Elizabeth was the most widely used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Els include Elke, Elsje, Elysse, Ailís, Ailse, Alles, Elek, Elese, Eliese, Eliesse, Elis, Eliz, Elize, Elka, Elkee, Elkey, Elki, Elkie, Elky, and Ella.

† English pronunciation for Els: EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"