elsa
/ˈɛlsə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.43 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from German or Hebrew.
noun
A woman with magical powers over ice and cold, especially one who lets fear, panic, and indecision make her lose control.
Example Sentences
- "A friend that I envied — it was the same friend who had benefited from admiring Cosette's jewelry, a girl whose name was Elsa and whom naturally we called Lioness —"
- "Do you remember the wave of Elsas that arrived shortly after the release of Frozen at the end of 2013? It became one the fastest-climbing names of the following year before dropping back, and then had another (smaller) spike in 2019 when Frozen II came out."
- "Ranni is the elsa of elden ring"
- "Kylo and Rey are the Elsa of the SW franchise. Incredible power, but whenever they're under duress, they panic and forget +90% of what they can do."
- "The Elsa of Demon Slayer"
- "Piper's charmspeak is so inconsistent it hurts my brain. Literally in just the previous book her Charmspeak had practically no effect on Khione, a MINOR GODDESS (the Elsa of the Percy Jackson world) but here she is putting mother earth to sleep XD"
Etymology
From German Elsa, contraction of Elisabeth, occasionally used in English after its appearance in Wagner's opera Lohengrin (1847). The common noun is after the character of the Frozen series of films.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Elsa