Elle - name meaning and origin

The girl's name Elle \e(l)-le\ is a variant of Elaine (Greek), Eleanor (Greek), Elizabeth (Hebrew), Ella (Old German) and Helen (Greek), and the meaning of Elle is "sun ray, shining light; God's promise; God is my oath; other, foreign".

The baby name Elle sounds like Alle, Ellie, Elli, Elly and Ellee. Other similar baby names are Elke, Elbe, Ellen, Else, Ellse and Ellke.

Elle is a very rare female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Elle. Compare Elle with related baby names.