Eloise is a moderately popular girls' name in England & Wales, ranking #125 in 1997 with 388 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2004 with 618 births ranking #83. Since 1996, the popularity has increased by 10.5%. In 1997, approximately 1 in every 756 girls born was named Eloise. RISING Recent data shows the name is currently rising.
Eloise is a refined classic with a clearer etymology than the earlier draft suggested. Behind the Name traces it back to Old French Heloise and probably to the Germanic name Helewidis, built from elements meaning 'healthy' and 'wide'.
The name is strongly associated with the medieval French scholar Heloise and later revived in English-speaking use as Eloise. That gives it both intellectual history and a strong classical structure.