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 Élise Bruyère (1776–1847) was a French painter who specialized in portraits and floral still lifes. Bruyère was the daughter of Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier (1738–1836), a noted French writer, illustrator, and painter of French histor ...

(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 Pr ...

(born 1985), French football player *

Élise Crombez Élise Crombez (born 24 July 1982 in Mouscron, Belgium) is a Belgian model. Career She grew up and went to school in Koksijde. She was discovered in 1999 when she decided to enter a fashion contest (Miss Mannequin) with a friend of hers. The c ...

(born 1982), Belgian fashion model *

Élise Fajgeles Élise Fajgeles (born 6 July 1970) is a French politician who served as the member of the National Assembly for the 5th constituency of Paris from 2017 to 2019. A member of La République En Marche! (LREM), she replaced Benjamin Griveaux as hi ...

(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 sta ...

(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 Élise Rivet, also known as Mère Marie Élisabeth de l'Eucharistie (January 19, 1890, Draria, Algeria – March 30, 1945, Ravensbrück concentration camp, Germany) was a Roman Catholic nun and World War II heroine. Rivet volunteered to go to th ...

(1890–1945), French World War II heroine *

Élise Turcotte Élise Turcotte (born 26 June 1957 in Sorel, Quebec) is a Canadian writer. She completed her BA and MA in literary studies at the University of Quebec and later received her doctorate at the Université de Sherbrooke. She now teaches literature ...

(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 Befo ...

(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 Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (; 4 September 1864 – 18 March 1929) was Princess Reuss Younger Line as the wife of Heinrich XXVII. She was the eldest daughter of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Leopoldine ...

(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 Ebba Charlotta Elise Hwasser née ''Jakobsson'' (16 March 1831 – 28 January 1894) was a Swedish stage actress. She was an elite actor and has been referred to as the leading lady of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in the mid 19th-century.Nordensva ...

(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 (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 (born 1970), American actress *

Elise Norwood Elise Simone Ashton ( Norwood, born 18 June 1981 in Sydney) is a former captain of the Australian women's water polo team. She is a right-handed utility and played her 100th international game on 20 August 2005 against the Netherlands during t ...

(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 o ...

(1793–1883), German soprano, possible dedicatee of Für Elise * Elise Stefanik (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 Elyse Marie Levesque (; born September 10, 1985) is a Canadian actress. She is known for playing Chloe Armstrong in the Syfy original series ''Stargate Universe'' and the witch Genevieve in '' The Originals''. Early life Levesque was born and ...

(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, 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 Elize du Toit (born 21 February 1980) is a South African-born English actress best known for playing the role of Izzy Davies in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' from 2000 to 2004, with a brief return in 2007. Early life Elize du Toit was b ...

(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'' * Princess Elise the Third, a major character and love interest of

Sonic Sonic or Sonics may refer to: Companies *Sonic Drive-In, an American drive-in fast-food restaurant chain *Sonic (ISP), an Internet provider and CLEC, serving more than 100 California communities *Sonic Foundry, a computer software company whic ...

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 platformers mo ...

'' * 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 is a 2013 role-playing video game developed by Nihon Falcom. The game is a part of the ''Trails'' series, itself a part of the larger '' The Legend of Heroes'' series. It was initially released in Japan for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vi ...

'' series * Élise de la Serre, a supporting character in the video game '' Assassin's Creed Unity'' * Elyse Keaton, a main character on the American sitcom '' Family Ties'', played by Meredith Baxter * 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 Kirkma ...