Élise, Elise, Elyse or Elize is the shortened feminine

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form of Elizabeth, coming originally from the Hebrew name אלישבע (אלי = My God שבע = oath) and meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance".

People

Élise

* Élise Bruyère (1776–1847), a French painter who specialized in portraits and floral still lives *

Élise Bussaglia Élise Bussaglia (born 24 September 1985) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club Dijon of the Division 1 Feminine. She was a member of the France national team. Bussaglia is a former winner of the National Union of Prof ...

(born 1985), French football player * Élise Crombez (born 1982), Belgian fashion model * Élise Fajgeles (born 1970), French politician *

Élise Guilbault Élise Guilbault (born April 8, 1961) is a Canadian film and television actress. She won the Genie Award for Best Actress for her role in the film ''The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit)'', and was a nominee for ''Cap Tourmente''. She also star ...

(born 1961), Canadian film and television actress *

Élise Lucet Élise Lucet (; born 30 May 1963) is a French journalist and television host. Known for her investigative journalism work on shows such as '' Pièces à Conviction'', ''Cash Investigation'' and ''Envoyé spécial'', she has been dubbed France's ...

(born 1963), French investigative journalist and television host *

Élise Paré-Tousignant Élise Paré-Tousignant (1937 – August 8, 2018) was a Canadian music administrator and music pedagogue. She was employed as a music theory teacher and auditory trainor at Université Laval and then was appointed the Faculty of Arts at Universit ...

(1937–2018), Canadian music educator and administrator * Élise Rivet (1890–1945), French World War II heroine * Élise Turcotte (born 1957), Canadian writer

Elise

Elise Averdieck Elise Averdieck (26 February 1808 – 4 November 1907) was a German social activist, a deaconess, and writer. A friend of Amalie Sieveking, whose charitable work she continued, she is regarded as a figure typical of the ''Erweckung'', the social ...

(1808–1907), German social activist *

Elise Burgin Elise Burgin (born March 5, 1962) is a retired American tennis player. She achieved WTA rankings of 22 in singles and 7 in doubles. Personal life Burgin, who is Jewish, was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Maryland. Tennis career Bef ...

(born 1962), American tennis player *

Elise Christie Elise Christie (born 13 August 1990) is a British former short track speed skater. She was coached by Nicky Gooch and she specialised in the 1000m event. She is ten times a European gold medallist, including two overall European titles in 2015 ...

(born 1990), British short-track speed-skater * Elise Frösslind (1793–1862), Swedish opera singer *

Elise Hall Elise Hall (born 1989) is a Republican politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land ...

(born 1989), American politician * Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1864–1929), member of the German royal family *

Elise Holst Elise (Elisabeth Frederikke Margrethe) Holst (23 November 1811 – 8 April 1891), was a Danish stage actress. She was active at the Royal Danish Theatre in 1827-1870, and is counted as among the elite of her profession at the time, famed as a trage ...

(1811–1891), Danish stage actress * Elise Hwasser (1831–1894), Swedish actress *

Elise Thérèse Koekkoek-Daiwaille Elise Thérèse Koekkoek-Daiwaille (May 5, 1814 – June 2, 1881) was a painter and lithographer from the Netherlands. She was born in Amsterdam and was taught to paint by her father Jean Augustin Daiwaille. She married the landscape painter Bare ...

(1814–1891), Dutch painter and lithographer *

Elise Mertens Elise Mertens (; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in doubles. Mertens is a three-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2019 US Open and 2021 Australian Open partnering ...

(born 1995), Belgian tennis player *

Elise Mourant Elise Constance Mourant (29 October 1921 – 29 April 1990) was a New Zealand artist. Works by Mourant are held in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Education Mourant studied at Wellington Technical College prior t ...

(1921–1990), New Zealand artist *

Elise Neal Elise Demetria Neal (born March 14, 1966) is an American actress. Her big break came with three 1997 films, appearing in ''Rosewood'', '' Money Talks'' and ''Scream 2''. From 1998 to 2002, Neal starred as Yvonne Hughley in the ABC/ UPN sitcom ...

(born 1970), American actress * Elise Norwood (born 1981), Australian water polo player *

Elise Richter Elise Richter (2 March 1865 – 23 June 1943) was an Austrian philologist, specialising in Romance studies, and university professor. She was the first woman to achieve the habilitation at the University of Vienna, the first female associate pr ...

(1865–1943), Austrian professor of philology *

Elisabeth Röckel Elisabeth Röckel (15 March 1793 – 3 March 1883) was a German soprano opera singer and the wife of the composer Johann Nepomuk Hummel. Life Röckel was born in Neunburg vorm Wald, Bavaria, and baptised Maria Eva. She was a sister of the op ...

(1793–1883), German soprano, possible dedicatee of

Für Elise Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor (WoO59, Biamonti Catalogue, Bia515) for solo piano, commonly known as "Für Elise" (, ), is one of Ludwig van Beethoven's most popular compositions. It was not published during his lifetime, only being discovered (by L ...

Elise Stefanik Elise Marie Stefanik (; born July 2, 1984) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2015. As chair of the House Republican Conference since 2021, she is the third-ranking House Republican. Stefanik's district cover ...

(born 1984), American politician *

Elise Testone Elise Nicole Testone () is an American singer and songwriter from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She placed sixth on the eleventh season of ''American Idol.'' Her debut album '' In This Life'' was released in February 2014, and her second album ...

(born 1983), American singer and songwriter

Elyse

* Elyse Knox (1917–2012), American actress, model, and fashion designer * Elyse Levesque (born 1985), Canadian actress * Elyse Willems, Canadian internet personality

Elize

* EliZe (born 1982), born Elise van der Horst, Dutch singer-songwriter * Elize Cawood (1952–2020), South African actress *

Elize Hele Elize Hele (1560–1635) (''alias'' Ellis, Latinized to Elizeus) of Fardel in the parish of Cornwood, Devon and of Parke in the parish of Bovey Tracey, Devon, was an English lawyer and philanthropist.'House of Commons Journal Volume 7: 6 ...

(1560–1635), English lawyer and philanthropist *

Elize Kotze Elize Kotzé is the current head coach of the South Africa national netball team, taking over in 2011. Her first major tournaments as national coach have been the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore and the 2011 World Netball Series The ...

, head coach of the South Africa national netball team *

Elize Ryd Hanna Elise Isabell Maj Höstblomma Ryd (born 15 October 1984), known professionally as Elize Ryd, is a Swedish singer, best known as one of the three vocalists and co-lyricist in the metal band Amaranthe. She also gained some popularity prior to ...

(born 1984), Swedish musician * Elize du Toit (born 1981), British actress

Fictional characters

* Elise the Dancing Girl, a title character in the Japanese short story " The Dancing Girl" * Elise the Spider Queen, a playable champion character in the video game ''

League of Legends ''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a custom map for ''Warcraft III'', Ri ...

'' * Princess Elise the Third, a major character and love interest of Sonic in the 2006 video game ''

Sonic the Hedgehog is a Japanese video game series and media franchise created by Sega. The franchise follows Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battles the evil Doctor Eggman, a mad scientist. The main ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' games are platformer ...

'' * Elise, the youngest princess of Nohr in the 2015 video game ''

Fire Emblem Fates ''Fire Emblem Fates'' is a tactical role-playing video game for the Nintendo 3DS handheld video game console, developed by Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD and published by Nintendo. It was released in June 2015 in Japan, then released inter ...

'' * Elise Schwarzer, in the '' Trails of Cold Steel'' series * Élise de la Serre, a supporting character in the video game ''

Assassin's Creed Unity ''Assassin's Creed Unity'' is an action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It was released in November 2014 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and in December 2020 for Stadia. It ...

'' * Elyse Keaton, a main character on the American sitcom ''

Family Ties ''Family Ties'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC for seven seasons, premiering on September 22, 1982, and concluding on May 14, 1989. The series, created by Gary David Goldberg, reflected the move in the United States f ...

'', played by

Meredith Baxter Meredith Ann Baxter (born June 21, 1947) is an American actress and producer. She is known for her roles on the CBS sitcom '' Bridget Loves Bernie'' (1972–73), ABC drama series ''Family'' (1976–80) and the NBC sitcom ''Family Ties'' (1982 ...

* Elise, in ''

The Astounding Wolf-Man ''The Astounding Wolf-Man'' is a comic book series launched by American company Image Comics on May 5, 2007. It ran until its final 25th issue in 2010. A spin-off of Robert Kirkman's ''Invincible'', the series was created and written by Kirkman ...