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Elle

What does Elle mean?

Elle Pronunciation of Elle as a girls' name is of Greek, Hebrew and Old German origin, and Elle means "sun ray; other, foreign; God is my oath". Elle is a variant form of Elaine (Greek): French variant of Helen. Elle is also a form of Eleanor (Old French, Old German). Elle is also used as a form of Elizabeth (Hebrew), a form of Ella (Old German), a variation of Ellen (Greek), a variation of Ellie.

STARTS WITH Ell-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, sun, oath

Variations

VARIANT El

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA ELAINE, ELEANOR, ELIZABETH, ELLA, ELLEN, ELLIE, HELEN Alene, Aline, Alla, Bell, Bella, Belle, Eileen, Eilis, Ela, Elaene, Elain, Elan, Elana, Elane, Elayne, Elen, Elena, Elene, Eleni, Elin, Elisa, Elise, Eliz, Eliza, Elize, Ellaine, Ellan, Ellane, Ellayne, Ellee, Elleen, Ellena, Ellene, Ellenor, Ellesse, Elletta, Ellette, Elli, Ellia, Ellin, Ellina, Elliner, Elliza, Ellon, Ellsa, Ellse, Ellsee, Ellsey, Ellsi, Ellspet, Elly, Ellyn, Ellyse, Ellyza, Elna, Elon, Elora, Els, Elsa, Else, Elsee, Elsie, Elspet, Elspie, Elsy, Elyn, Elynn, Elyse, Elyza, Hella, Hellen, Ilene, Ili, Ilka, Ilsa, Ilse, Lili, Lilo, Lily, Lise, Lyse, Nell, Nelle, Nelley, Nelli, Nellie, Nelly, Nore

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Elle Kelsie (E.K.), ..

How popular is Elle?

Elle is an unusual first name for females but a somewhat prominent last name for all people (#88083 out of 150436, Top 59%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Elle was first listed in 1990 and reached its top rank of #374 in the U.S. in the year 2017, and is currently at #380. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Elle name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Elle outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular alternative forms of Elle (#380 FROM RECENT DATA) are Alene, Aline, Alla, Bell, Bella (#48), Belle (#859), Eileen (#671), Ela (#1458), Elaine (#634), Elana (#1581), Elayne, Eleanor (#32), Elena (#66), Elene, Eleni (#1726), Elin (#1186), Elisa (#457), Elise (#176), Eliza (#131), Elizabeth (#13), Ella (#15), Ellen (#770), Ellena, Ellene, Elli, Ellia (#1738), Ellie (#37), Elly (#1603), Ellyn, Elna, Elora (#724), Elsa (#888), Else, Elsie (#280), Elyse (#692), Helen (#413), Hellen, Ilene, Ilse, Lili, Lily (#31), Lise, Nell, Nelle, Nellie (#1071) and Nelly (#1982). Other variants, like Ellan, are seldom used. Adoption of these forms of Elle was more pronounced among parents in the 1910s (USAGE OF 7.2%) and has become much less since (USAGE 3.1%, 56.7%), with forms like Hellen becoming less trendy. Elizabeth is more universally found than the rest, though Ellie has become trendy as well over time.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Elle, Alene, Aline, Alla, Bell in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Bella, Belle, Eileen, Ela, Elaine in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Elana, Elayne, Eleanor, Elena, Elene in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Eleni, Elin, Elisa, Elise, Eliza in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Elizabeth, Ella, Ellen, Ellena, Ellene in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Elli, Ellia, Ellie, Elly, Ellyn in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Elna, Elora, Elsa, Else, Elsie in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Elyse, Helen, Hellen, Ilene, Ilse in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Lili, Lily, Lise, Nell, Nelle in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Nellie, Nelly in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Elle, Bella, Belle, Elaine, Eleanor outside U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Elena, Elin, Elisa, Elise, Eliza outside U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Elizabeth, Ella, Ellen, Ellie, Elsa outside U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Elsie, Ilse, Lily, Nellie outside U.S.

Similar Names

Elle is pronounced similarly to Al, Alle and Iole. Other recommended sound-alike names are Cele, Cile, Cole, Dale, Delle, Ebbe, Ede, Edee, Edelle, Edie, Edme, Eike, Eila, Eiley, Eily, Eire, Elah, Elba, Elbe, Elda, Eleen, Elfie, Elfre, Elga, Eli, Elia, Elice, Eline, Elis, Elka, Elke, Elkie, Ellba, Ellga, Ellice, Ellis, Ellke, Ellma, Ellyce, Elma, Elshe, Elva, Elvi, Elvie, Elvy, Elyce, Elza, Emille, Emme, Emyle, Erla, Esme, Eula, Eve, Evie, Eyde, Gale, Halle, Helle, Hille, Holle, Kalle, Kyle, Mille, Sile, Vale and Zele. These names tend to be more frequently used than Elle.

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