Too Disney still?

[Champy87]

So I love Elsa but put off by Frozen. Will she have "Let it go" sung at her at every opportunity?

Considering Ailsa too as I am half Scottish but i can't shake the home and away connection (which definitely shows my age) and I am not sure I love it as much as Elsa.

Elsa is much nicer than Ailsa.

Every name has a song or a link to something. My friend's daughter is called Alice, in my head I hear "who the fuck is Alice?" another one has a daughter called Charlie (and the chocolate factory) so a book or a tv show. It would have to be pretty out there to not have something.

But if you love a name, just use it. Frozen is one of the most successful films Disney ever made. For the last however many years Oliver and Olivia have been the top names, people still call their child that despite the popularity.

I love it and wanted it for DD but OH said it was too Disney.

@user1471464452

What about Eilidh - Similar sounding and very Scottish ?

No one ever knows how to pronounce it though. I work with one who I think is pronounced ‘Ay-lee’.

It is a bit disney. Having said that if you love it go for it. It's a sweet name for a little girl.

I know a lovely young Ilsa and never heard the connection commented on!

I would never think Disney for Elsa. It’s lion to me.

Elsa is lovely.
Ailsa is Alf's wife to me too.

Elsa still means Born Free to me...

I have an Ilsa- I love it but she often gets called Isla, Ailsa and Elsa- so just be aware if you are thinking of it as suggested by pp.

joan I have that association with Alice too, in fact if I'm amongst family and no Alices or their families present, and someone mentions an Alice, i still say it

Elsa is very Disney sorry.

I think it’s fine. It’s a nice name and not frilly, unlike a lot of Disney names.

Both lovely names but I like Ailsa more, especially if you have Scottish family.

Got an Ailsa, born not long before Frozen came out. Still have people calling her Elsa sometimes, but there are worse things in the world , and she likes Elsa, Anna &Co

How about Elsie?

I have a friend called Elsa and never thought about the film until reading this. If I start singing at her it’s your fault op! It’s a gorgeous name.

Elsa is a beautiful name and although there is a connection I don’t think it’s big enough to rule the name out completely. I definitely prefer it to Ailsa. If you’re after a Scottish name I’ve always loved Elspeth

Elsie is lovely.

People will absolutely associate it with Frozen, probably for decades.

However it doesn’t raise negative connotations in the way some very recognisable names do. If you were suggesting something like Myra, I’d advise against it.

@whatsthebestname

Eliza or Elise instead?

I really love these names names but I have a niece called Eliza

@user1471464452

What about Eilidh - Similar sounding and very Scottish ?

I love this name too but we have a DD Niamh who will be spelling her name most of her life so I think if I had two daughters with celtic spellings I would definitely raise some eye brows.

@daisypond

I would never think Disney for Elsa. It’s lion to me.

My mother says the same thing. I quite like the lioness connotation anyway :)

It is a bit Disney, but in a positive way I think - she'll probably be really popular with her classmates when she's 5, and everyone will have forgotten all about it by the time they are 8! Elsie is very popular in the last few years.

It is very Disney unfortunately. DD1 is an almost 12 year old Elizabeth who was “Elsa” in her early years. She’s chosen to go by Eliza for the past four or five years, because the Frozen comments annoyed her. Ironically her sister‘s full name is Anna, but luckily she goes by a nickname!