Ilsa

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Nowadays, Ilsa is much more used in Brazil and Spanish-speaking Latin America than in German. The usage should probably reflect it.Sources:
· Brazil 2010 census: 5529 people (5509 women, 20 men) peaking in the 1960s: https://censo2010.ibge.gov.br/nomes/#/search
· https://forebears.io/x/forenames/Ilsa
· www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?firstName=Ilsa 3600 results: 834 in the US, 526 in Brazil, 52 results in Germany-Austria-Switzerland; also 873 in Spanish, 568 in Portuguese, 38 in German
― Anonymous User  10/26/2024
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Beautiful. I will definitely use it on a fictional character.
― sprout  1/14/2023
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Ilsa J. Bick, the author of the Ashes trilogy.
― Anonymous User  12/18/2014
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Ilsa Hermann, the mayor's wife and (spoiler alert). Never mind, I won't say it. She's the, er. Friend of the main character, Liesel, in Markus Zusak's (amazing) book The Book Thief. It's the best book I've ever read!
― Athena Nike  10/18/2009
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Pronounced IL-sah. [noted -ed]
― mafiosa  8/6/2009
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Ingrid Bergman's character in Casablanca was named Ilsa.
― Elphi  12/14/2005
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