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 named Ilse
People with the given name Ilse include:
Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016), Austrian writer
Ilse Everlien Berardo (born 1955), German theologian
Ilse Barea-Kulcsar (1902–1973), Austrian journalist, translator, writer and communist activist
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 Kolkman (born 1997), Dutch rower
Ilse Lotz-Dupont (1898–1968), German screenwriter
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