Ilse

Ilse is a Germanic feminine given name. It is technically a German diminutive of Elisabeth, functioning as a given name in its own right chiefly in Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, South Africa and all of the Scandinavian countries including Finland.

People with the given name Ilse include:

• Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016), Austrian writer
• Ilse Everlien Berardo (born 1955), German theologian
• Ilse Bing (1899–1998), German photographer
• Ilse Braun (1909–1979), one of two sisters of Eva Braun
• Ilse DeLange (born 1977), Dutch singer
• Ilse Dörffeldt (1912–1992), German Olympic sprinter
• Ilse Fischer (born 1975), Austrian mathematician
• Ilse Fürstenberg (1907–1976), German actress
• Ilse Geldhof (born 1973), Belgian racing cyclist
• Ilse Gradwohl (born 1943), Mexican painter
• Ilse Hellman (1908–1998), Austrian-British psychoanalyst
• Ilse Heylen (born 1977), Belgian judoka
• Ilse Kaschube (born 1953), East German sprint canoer
• Ilse Koch (1906–1967), one of the first prominent Nazis to be tried by the U.S. military
• Ilse Saris (born 1975), Dutch politician
• Ilse María Olivo Schweinfurth (born 1965), Venezuelan-Mexican singer and actress
• Ilse Thiele (1920–2010), East German politician
• Ilse Vaessen (born 1986), Dutch badminton player
• Ilse van der Meijden (born 1988), Dutch water polo player
• Ilse Werner (1921–2005), Dutch actress and singer

Fictional characters named Ilse include:

• Princess Ilse, a legendary princess of the Harz mountains in Germany
• Ilse Burnley, a major character in the Emily of New Moon trilogy and its adaptations.
• Ilse Langnar, a character from the Attack on Titan manga.
• Ilse Neumann, character in the play Spring Awakening, and later adaptations
• Ilse Witch, character in several books of the Shannara series

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