Elsy Popularity. In the U.S. in 2015, it ranked 3,584 in baby name popularity for girls with 43 occurrences. Less than 5 boys were given the name. In contrast, the year before it ranked 4,281 in baby name popularity for girls with 34 occurrences.
For other uses, see Girl with a Pearl Earring (disambiguation) . Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Meisje met de parel) is an oil painting by 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is a tronie of a girl with a headscarf and a pearl earring.
How Mollusks Make Pearls. Animals & Nature. The pearls you may wear in earrings and necklaces are the result of an irritant under the shell of a living organism. Pearls are formed by saltwater or freshwater mollusks - a diverse group of animals that includes oysters, mussels, clams, conchs, and gastropods.