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10/6/2024, 9:08 PM Mike C elysium added (from user-submitted name 39655)
8/10/2023, 10:44 AM SeaHorse15 39655
5/5/2015, 10:17 PM Frollein Gladys 39655
5/5/2015, 10:17 PM Frollein Gladys 39655 move from given name to place name
2/10/2014, 6:04 PM Sofia 39655
4/18/2011, 9:30 PM PenguinSaysWoww 39655
12/21/2010, 12:02 PM anonymous 39655
12/21/2010, 12:02 PM anonymous

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Meaning & History

Latin form of Greek Ἠλύσιον (Elysion), which is of unknown origin, perhaps pre-Greek. According to Greek — and later Roman — mythology, Elysium (or the Elysian Fields) was an idyllic afterlife where only the souls of distinguished mortals were admitted.