Ellie - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Ellie \e(l)-lie\ is a variant of Alice (Old German), Elaine (Greek), Eleanor (Greek), Ella (Old German), Ellen (Greek), Eloise (Old German) and Helen (Greek), and the meaning of Ellie is "noble, exalted; sun ray, shining light; other, foreign; famous warrior". See also Eilidh.

The baby name Ellie sounds like Allie, Elli, Elle, Ellia, Ellee and Ollie. Other similar baby names are Elfie, Ellin, Elsie, Ellse, Ellke, Ellice and Elvie.

Ellie is a very common first name for women (#1198 out of 4276) and a slightly less common last name for both men and women (#47543 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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