Eloise
f.
Old High German heil, hele 'whole' + Old Saxon widu, wido, Old High German witu 'wood'.
Forms of this can sometimes be difficult to distinguish from forms of Alvice.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1189 Elewis (gen) GASurv p. 237;
1340xc1450 Helwys (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 71;
1377 Helwisa (nom) FenPT-2 p. 4,
Helwisia (nom) ibid. p. 6,
Helwysia (nom) ibid. p. 4
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1135 Helvide (abl) clairvaux-12thc 7;
1138x62 Helvide (abl) ibid. 67;
1147 Elvidis (nom) ibid. 17,
Helvide (abl) ibid. 15,
Helviz (nom) ibid. 18;
1147x58 Helvidis (gen) ibid. 35;
1158 Helewis (nom) ibid. 33;
1162 Helvyz (nom) ibid. 39,
Helyuz (nom) ibid. 39;
1163 Helevysa (nom) ibid. 104,
Helewisa (nom) ibid. 104;
1179 Helvidi (abl) ibid. 181,
Helvidis (nom) ibid. 177,
Helvydis (nom) ibid. 177;
1301 Helvidis (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 245
- Old French
- ● 1296 Heloÿs paris1296 p. 56;
1301 Heluis (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 234;
1313 Heloys Paris1313 p. 2,
Heloyz ibid. p. 18
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1173 Heijlwidis (nom) quix-vol1 99
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Eloise". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Eloise.