Elsie?? Old woman's name or pretty name?

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Just thought I'd ask opinions on this.
I heard that James Morrison has named his little girl Elsie and I was thinking if you actually disassiociate it with being an old woman's name it is a really pretty name.
15/16 years ago when my sister was named Grace there was a lot of comments on the lines of 'oh that's ermmm...an unusual name these days' and now it's one of the most popular girls names.
Is Elsie making a come back or would I be subjecting my daughter to a life time of cruel old biddy comments?

If we have another DD it's definitely on the list along with Alice and Eliza.

Lovely.

I think its lovely

older names are coming back again,i like
Martha,Matilda,Mary, Florence

My Nana's name was Elsie. I've just named my baby Eleanor but she gets Elsie for short. Xx

I had a friend named Elsie when I was little. She was a cool girl. Very outgoing, bright, bubbly, a very talented horse rider etc. So I have good (young!) associations with the name, even though she would be in her 20s now.

I like it more than Elise, which is very dull, IMO.

I really like considered it for dd but it is getting quite popular I've met 3 recently (in midlands) not that that would bother me but if you did want something unusual this probably isn't it.

The Elsie in the OP would be 7 years old now....

I think Elsie is much more popular now than in 2009 so quite commonly thought of as a little girl's name rather than anything very old fashioned.

I know a 3 year old Elsie. I like it

My Grandma was Elsie & her sister was Grace... Don't remember the names of any of her brothers apart from George (most of them died in WW1, as did her father).

A pretty old women's name.