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I would love to use it myself but unfortunately it was my great grannie's name from my dad's side and for various reasons I think it would upset my mum.
It could be short for Elsbeth / Elspeth too... I love the old fashioned names, but I think some work better than others. Elsie is definitely on the cute side rather than the dowdy side (desperately hoping not to cause any offense here, but I am thinking of names like Ethel that just don't have such a pretty ring to them...IMO)