Heloise
Girl name · 3 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Heloise: 3 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 3 births in 1976.
Of French and German origin, Heloise is the medieval form of Louise, ultimately from the Germanic name Hludwig, meaning "famous warrior" or "famous in battle." The name is forever linked to the 12th-century scholar and abbess Heloise d'Argenteuil, whose passionate intellectual romance with Peter Abelard became one of history's most famous love stories, preserved through their surviving letters. While no major places bear the name directly, the French town of Saint-Hilaire shares a distant etymological connection through the Latinised form Hilarius. A notable variant is the English spelling Eloise, which has seen a resurgence in popularity, while the French pronunciation with a silent 'H' remains the most common.
Girl 1 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 19763 babies
- Latest (1976)
- #5163 babies
- Total births
- 3since 1976
- 5-year trend
- ≈ stablevs prior 5y