Elly - name meaning and origin

The girl's name Elly \e(l)-ly\ is a variant of Eleanor (Greek), Ella (Old German) 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 common female first name and is not used as a surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Elly. Compare Elly with related baby names.