Elly - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Elly \e(l)-ly\ is a variant of Eleanor (Greek), Ella (Old German), Ellen (Greek) and Helen (Greek), and the meaning of Elly is "sun ray, shining light; other, foreign".

The baby name Elly sounds like Ally, Elli, Eily and Elle. Other similar baby names are Elvy, Ellyn and Elsy.

Elly is a somewhat common first name for women (#2802 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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