Elze
Elze is a town in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leine, approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) west of Hildesheim. The municipality of Elze also comprises the villages of Esbeck, Mehle, Sehlde, Sorsum, Wittenburg and Wülfingen.
Meaning & Origin of Elze
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Elze is a town in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leine, approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) west of Hildesheim. The municipality of Elze also comprises the villages of Esbeck, Mehle, Sehlde, Sorsum, Wittenburg and Wülfingen.
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The Story of Elze
Elze first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1921, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 6 Elzes were born — ranking #3,869 that year. As of 2026, Elze ranks #3,869 for baby boys with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 6 Elzes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Elze
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- Justus Gesenius (1601-1673), Lutheran theologian
- Johann Heinrich Louis Krüger (1857-1923), mathematician
- Philipp Furtwängler, (1800-1867), organ builder,
- Philipp Furtwängler , (1869-1940), mathematician (number theorist)
- Günter Halm , (born 1922), bearer of the Knight's Cross and Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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About the name Elze
Elze is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1921 and has accumulated 6 births in the dataset. Elze's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #3,869. Use the chart and map above to compare Elze's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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