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What does El mean?
El 
as a name for girls. The name El means "other, foreign". El is a version of Eleanor (Old French, Old German).
STARTS WITH El-
Variations
VARIANT Elle▲
RELATED FORMS VIA ELEANOR Elen, Elena▲, Eleni, Ella, Ellen▼, Elli, Ellie▲, Ellin, Elly, Ellyn, Elna▼, Elora▲, Elyn, Nell▼
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
El Lorelei (E.L.), ..
How popular is El?
El is a rare given name for females but a very popular last name for both adults and children (#20982 out of 150436, Top 14%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Which version is better?
Popular related forms of El (UNLISTED) rated in the Top 2000 are Eleanor (#32 LAST YEAR), Elena (#66), Eleni (#1726), Ella (#15), Elle (#380), Ellen (#770), Elli, Ellie (#37), Elly (#1603), Ellyn, Elna, Elora (#724) and Nell. Other forms, like Elyn, are uncommon. Adoption of these relations of El reached its most widespread during the years 1880-1889 (AVERAGE #1131) and is almost as conventional today (#1027, ▼17.9%), but with versions such as Nell becoming less fashionable. Elena, Elle, Ellie and Elora are four of the more fashionable girl names among these. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Similar Names
El is alike in pronunciation to Al, Alle and Iole. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Ela, Eli, Els and Em. These names tend to be more frequently used than El.
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