# Elois (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elois/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɛləʊˈiːz/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,652 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10 / 2,642 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Éloïse, from the Medieval Latin and French forms that gave rise to its doublet Heloise.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 33 | 1,878 |
| 1957 | 28 | 2,083 |
| 1958 | 32 | 1,951 |
| 1959 | 23 | 2,416 |
| 1960 | 27 | 2,260 |
| 1961 | 25 | 2,426 |
| 1962 | 17 | 3,075 |
| 1963 | 19 | 2,899 |
| 1964 | 8 | 5,146 |
| 1965 | 11 | 4,019 |
| 1966 | 12 | 3,797 |
| 1967 | 10 | 4,391 |
| 1969 | 6 | 6,866 |
| 1974 | 5 | 9,160 |
| 1976 | 6 | 8,447 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 5 | 4,496 |
| 1927 | 5 | 4,378 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

## People named Elois

- Elois Jenssen, American costume designer (1922–2004)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.