El - name meaning, origin

The girl's name El \el\ is a variant of Eleanor (Greek), and the meaning of El is "sun ray, shining light".

The baby name El sounds like Al, Ela and Eli. Other similar baby names are Em, Gal, Elke, Del, Elvy, Elva, Elsa, Ena, Ali, Elli, Ala, Bel, Cal, Eve, Eva, Clo, Ella, Eda, Ede, Edy, Edi, Eila, Ila, Elah, Eily, Elis, Eir, Elle, Elba, Elbe, Elyn, Elna, Elly, Elen, Elin, Elga, Elia, Elza, Elsy, Else, Eliz, Elka, Elon, Elan, Elma, Ema, Etel, Eula, Evy, Eba, Flo, Eyo, Jyl, Jil, Lil, Lu, Mel, Mal, Nel, Ola, Sal, Tal, Ula and Val.

El is an uncommon first name for women but a very common last name for both men and women (#30474 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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