Else (first name)
Else is a female given name.
Name days
Else doesn't have a name day of her own. However, women who bear this first name can use Elisabeth's name days . The most common name day in German-speaking countries is November 19th.
- January 4th (after Elisabeth Anna Bayley Seton )
- June 19 (after Elisabeth von Schönau )
- July 4th (after Elisabeth of Portugal )
- September 23 (according to Elizabeth )
- November 19 (after Elisabeth of Thuringia )
Origin, forms of name and use
Else is a short form of Elisabeth . In the second half of the 19th century , the name gained by leaps and bounds in the German-speaking world, which continued into the first half of the 20th century . The related short forms Elsa and Ilse (for names of women, see there) were a popular and modern form of name at this time. After that, the popularity fell sharply and today the name is rarely taken into account in naming. Art figures like Else Kling from the television series Lindenstrasse or Else Tetzlaff from A Heart and a Soul were not designed to make the first name more popular.
Well-known namesake
- Else to the black letter († 1401), Waldensian
- Else Ackermann (1933–2019), German doctor, university professor and politician (CDU)
- Else Alfelt (1910–1974), Danish painter
- Else Alken (1877–1943), German politician (center)
- Else Bach (1899–1951), German sculptor
- Else Bäck (1884–1968), Austrian-German-American actress
- Else Bassermann (1878–1961), German actress and screenwriter
- Else Bauer (1893–1967), German politician (SPD / SED)
- Else Bechteler-Moses (* 1933), German carpet artist
- Else Beitz (1920–2014), German educationalist
- Else Bendová (1893–1942), German Holocaust victim
- Else Berg (1877–1942), Dutch painter
- Else Berkmann (1904-2001), German politician (SPD)
- Else Bierau (1877–1966), German politician (DVP)
- Else Bindewald († 1921), German nurse and X-ray assistant
- Else Bongers (1907–1994), German actress
- Else von Borgstede (1866-20th century), German poet and writer
- Else Bötticher (1880–1966), German actress
- Else Brauneis (1877–1959), Austrian painter
- Else Brems (1908–1995), Danish opera singer
- Else Breuer (1872 - after 1914), German opera singer
- Else Brökelschen (1890–1976), German politician (CDU)
- Else Brückner-Rüggeberg (1910–1981), German actress
- Else Buddeberg (1890–1974), German lawyer
- Else Buschheuer (* 1965), German writer, journalist and television presenter
- Else Croner (1878–1942), German writer
- Else Cross (1902–1987), Austro-English pianist
- Else Dormitzer (1877–1958), German children's book author (pseudonym: Else Dorn)
- Else Drenseck (1911–1997), German politician (SPD)
- Else Eberhard-Schobacher (1887–1955), poet from Allgäu
- Else Eckersberg (1895–1989), German actress
- Else Ehrich (1914–1948), German SS overseer
- Else Ehser (1894–1968), German actress
- Else Elster (1910–1998), German actress
- Else Epstein (1881–1948), German politician (DDP, CDU)
- Else Ernst (1874–1946), German writer and illustrator
- Else Falk (1872–1956), German women's rights activist and social politician
- Else Feldmann (1884–1942), Austrian writer and journalist
- Else Flebbe , German figure skater
- Else Bugge Fougner (* 1944), Norwegian politician and lawyer
- Else Frenkel-Brunswik (1908–1958), Polish-Austrian psychoanalyst and psychologist
- Else Marie Friis (* 1947), Danish botanist and paleontologist
- Else Frobenius (1875–1952), German journalist and lobbyist
- Else Frølich (1880–1960), Norwegian-Danish actress and singer
- Else Gebel (1905–1964), German resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Else Gentner-Fischer (1883–1943), German opera singer
- Else Giese (1884–1950), German teacher and politician (center)
- Else Gores (1919–1945), German resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Elsa Grube-Deister (1926–2001), German actress
- Else Günther (1912 – unknown), German singer and writer
- Else Gürleth-Hey (1869–1946), German porcelain painter
- Else Heims- Reinhardt (1878–1958), German actress
- Else Hertzer (1884–1978), German expressionist painter
- Else Himmelträger (1905–1944), German resistance fighter
- Else Hirsch (1889–1943?), German teacher and resistance activist
- Else Hirschberg (1892–1942), German chemist
- Else Hoffa (1885–1964), German gardener
- Else Höfs (1876–1945), German politician (SPD)
- Else von Hollander-Lossow (1884–?), German translator and narrator
- Else Hoppe (figure skater) , German figure skater
- Else Hoppe (literary scholar) (1897–1973), German literary scholar
- Else Hueck-Dehio (1897–1976), German writer
- Else Imme (1885–1943), German resistance fighter
- Else Jahn (resistance fighter) (1901–1945), German resistance fighter
- Else Jerusalem (1876–1943), Austrian writer
- Else Jung -Lindemann (1895–1990), German writer
- Else Kesting (1883– after 1953), German politician (CDU)
- Else Kienle (1900–1970), German doctor and writer
- Else Klink (1907–1994), German musician
- Else Knake (1901–1973), German physician and cell researcher
- Else Knott (1909–1975), German actress
- Elsa Korén (1920–1990), German actress
- Else Koffka (1901–1994), German lawyer and judge
- Else Krafft (1877–1947), German journalist and writer
- Else Kröner (1925–1988), German pharmacist, entrepreneur and founder
- Else Kruse (1889–1971), German politician (KPD)
- Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945), German poet
- Else Lehmann (1866–1940), German actress
- Else Levi-Mühsam (1910–2004), German-Israeli librarian
- Else Levy (1891 – after 1942), German doctor
- Else Liebesberg (1918–1996), Austrian opera singer (soprano)
- Else Liefmann (1881–1970), German doctor and activist
- Else Lohmann (1897–1984), German painter
- Else von Löwis (1880–1961), German activist (NSDAP)
- Else Lüders (women's rights activist) (1872 / 1873–1948), German women's rights activist and politician (CDU)
- Else Lüders (Indologist) (1880–1945), German Indologist
- Else Ludwig- Hoffmann (* 1937), German-Austrian actress
- Else Luthmer (1880–1961), German painter
- Else Meidner (1901–1987), German graphic artist and painter
- Else Meier (1901–1933), German politician (KPD)
- Else Meister (1912–2005), German writer
- Else Merke (1920–2005), German functionary and politician (DBD)
- Else Merkel (1905–1990), German communist and resistance fighter
- Else Model (1871–1953), German writer
- Else von Moellendorff (1912–1982), German actress
- Else Möckel (1901–1976), German painter and porcelain designer
- Else Mögelin (1887–1982), German painter and weaver
- Else Morstatt (1880 – after 1930), German writer
- Else Müller-Kaempff (1869–1940), German painter
- Else Nabu (* before 1970), German singer and actress
- Else Ernestine Neuländer-Simon (1900–1942), German photographer, known as Yva
- Else Noack (1913-2001), German politician (SED)
- Else-May Norderhus (* 1973), Norwegian politician
- Else Nusch (1906–2003), German rhythm teacher
- Else Oppler-Legband (1875–1965), German architect and costume designer
- Else Otten (1873–1931), Dutch translator
- Else Marie Pade (1924-2016), Danish composer
- Else Pappenheim (1911–2009), Austrian-American psychiatrist
- Else Peerenboom-Missong (1893–1958), German economist and politician (center, CDU)
- Else Quecke (1907-2004), German actress
- Else Rambausek (1907–1994), Austrian actress and singer
- Else Rauch (1888–1942), German teacher and Holocaust victim
- Else Reval (1893–1978), German actress
- Else Reventlow (1897–1984), German social democrat and women's rights activist
- Else von Richthofen (1874–1973), German social scientist
- Else Roesdahl (* 1942), Danish historian, archaeologist, university lecturer and writer
- Else Roscher (before 1914 - after 1920), German actress of the silent film era
- Else Rosenfeld (1891–1970), German social worker and writer
- Else Samuel (1905–1944), German Holocaust victim
- Else von Schaubert (1886–1977), German English scholar and philologist
- Else Schmitt (1921–1995), German local politician
- Else Schmitz-Gohr (1901–1987), German pianist and composer
- Else Schubert-Christaller (1891–1982), German author
- Else Schwenk-Anger (* 1936), German children's book author and publisher
- Else Sehrig-Vehling (1897–1994), German expressionist
- Else Seifert (1879–1968), German architectural photographer
- Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk (* 1978), Norwegian handball player
- Else Sparwasser (1892–1953), German writer
- Else Spennader (* 1911), Austrian athlete
- Else von Sperber (1881–1977), German politician (DNVP)
- Else Stock-Hug (1920–2012), German pianist
- Else Thoresen (* 1961), Norwegian badminton player
- Else Trangbæk (* 1946), Danish gymnast and sports teacher
- Else Ulbrich (1891–1954), German politician (DNVP, CSVD, CDU)
- Else Ulich-Beil (1886–1965 in Berlin), German politician (DDP)
- Else Ury (1877–1943), German writer and children's book author
- Else Voos-Heißmann (1913–1970), German politician (SPD)
- Else Warnke (1908–1975), German SPD politician
- Else Weber (1893–1994), German painter
- Else Weil (1889–1942), German doctor and first wife of Kurt Tucholsky
- Else Wentscher (1877–1946), German philosopher and educator
- Else Wenz-Viëtor (1882–1973), German children's book illustrator
- Else Wiegandt (1894–1985), German painter
- Else Wildhagen (1863–1944), German author for children and young people
- Else Winnewisser (* 1936), German painter and graphic artist
- Else Wirminghaus (1867–1939), German author and musician
- Else Wohlgemuth (1881–1972), German actress
- Else Wolz (1908–1983), German actress
- Else Wüstemann (1896–1974), German politician (SPD)
- Else Yeo (1920–2016), German music teacher and historian
- Else Zimmermann (1907–1995), German politician (KPD, SPD)
- Else Züblin-Spiller (1881–1948), Swiss journalist and abstainer
Fictional people
- Rauhe Else , mermaid from the medieval epic Wolfdietrich
- The clever Else , fairytale character from the Brothers Grimm
- Else Kling , fictional character in the television series Lindenstrasse
- Else Stratmann , fictional character of the cabaret artist Elke Heidenreich
- Else T. , main character in the novel Fräulein Else by Arthur Schnitzler
- Else Tetzlaff , fictional character in the television series One Heart and One Soul
- Else von der Tanne , central figure in a historical novel by Wilhelm Raabe
Surname Else
- Dirk Else (* 1977), German ski jumper