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
