Else (given name)

Else is a feminine given name, appearing in German, Danish and Norwegian. It is a shortened form of Elisabeth.

Notable people with the name include:


 * Else Alfelt (1910–1974), Danish painter
 * Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist
 * Else Winther Andersen (born 1941), Danish politician
 * Else Berg (1877–1942), Dutch painter
 * Else Birkmose (1931–1998), Danish handball and basketball player
 * Else Bugge Fougner (born 1944), Norwegian lawyer and politician
 * Else Christensen (1913–2005), Danish neopagan
 * Else Feldmann (1884–1942), Austrian writer
 * Else Frenkel-Brunswik (1908–1958), Polish-Austrian psychologist
 * Else Hench (20th century), Austrian luger
 * Else Hirsch (1889–1942/3), German-Jewish teacher
 * Else Holmelund Minarik (1920–2012), Danish American author
 * Else Jacobsen (1911–1965), Danish swimmer
 * Else Krüger (1915–2005), German secretary
 * Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945), Jewish German poet and playwright
 * Else Mayer (1891–1962), German nun
 * Else Meidner (1901–1987), Jewish German painter
 * Else Marie Pade (1924–2016), Danish composer
 * Else Repål (1930–2015), Norwegian politician
 * Else Reppen (1933–2006), Norwegian philanthropist
 * Else Sehrig-Vehling (1897–1994), German expressionist
 * Else Seifert (1879–1968), German photographer
 * Else Trangbæk (born 1946), Danish gymnast
 * Else Ury (1877–1943), German writer
 * Else von Richthofen (1874–1973), German social scientist