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It's a beautiful name - not boring. It's used regularly and is close enough to other popular, or at least regularly used or well-known girls' names like Elisa, that I wouldn't assume that it was used as a reference to Beethoven. It's one of those names that doesn't make me think of any particular references right off the bat despite the Beethoven song. Someone could have easily been named after Aunt Elise, Grandma Elise, etc. or their parents could have simply used it because they liked it. I think of Elise as an "international" name like Alexandra and Maria since it's used in various countries.

This message was edited 3/23/2014, 11:19 AM