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Ellin

What does Ellin mean?

Ellin Pronunciation of Ellin as a name for girls is of Greek derivation, and the name Ellin means "other, foreign; sun ray". Ellin is an alternate form of Eleanor (Old French, Old German). Ellin is also a derivative of Ellen (Greek). Ellin is also used as a derivative of Helen (Greek).

STARTS WITH Ell-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, sun

Variations

VARIANTS Ilene, Elynn, Elyn, Elon, Ellyn, Ellon, Ellene, Elleen, Ellan, Elin, Elene, Elen, Elayne, Elan, Elaine, Eileen, Aline, Alene, Ailene, Aileen

OTHER FORMS VIA ELEANOR, ELLEN, HELEN Allinor, Eilidh, El, Elaina, Elana, Elena, Eleni, Elinor, Ella, Elladine, Elle, Ellee, Ellena, Ellenor, Elli, Ellie, Ellina, Elliner, Ellinor, Ellinore, Elly, Elna, Elora, Galina, Halina, Helia, Hellen, Hellia, Ili, Nelli, Nellie

CREATIVE FORMS
(female) Ealin, ..

(male) Elein, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ellin Charlee (E.C.), ..

How popular is Ellin?

Ellin is an uncommonly occurring first name for females but a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#54522 out of 150436, Top 36%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Prominent alternative forms of Ellin (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) ranked in the Top 2000 are Aileen (#669 FROM RECENT DATA), Ailene, Alene, Aline, Eileen (#671), Eilidh, Elaina (#272), Elaine (#634), Elana (#1581), Elayne, Eleanor (#32), Elena (#66), Elene, Eleni (#1726), Elin (#1186), Elinor (#1399), Ella (#15), Elle (#380), Ellen (#770), Ellena, Ellene, Elli, Ellie (#37), Ellinor, Elly (#1603), Ellyn, Elna, Elora (#724), Helen (#413), Hellen, Ilene and Nellie (#1071). Other variants, like Elynn, are seldom used. Adoption of these relations of Ellin was more pronounced 108 years ago (USAGE OF 5.12%) and is now significantly diminished (USAGE 1.69%, DOWN 67%), with forms like Ellen becoming less trendy. The more fashionable birth names in this list are Elaina, Elena, Elle, Ellie and Elora. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Aileen, Ailene, Alene, Aline, Eileen in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Elaina, Elaine, Elana, Elayne, Eleanor in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Elena, Elene, Eleni, Elin, Elinor in U.S.

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

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

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Elora, Helen, Hellen, Ilene, Nellie in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Eilidh, Elaine, Eleanor, Elena, Elin outside U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Ella, Elle, Ellen, Ellie, Ellinor, Nellie outside U.S.

Similar Names

Ellin is alike in pronunciation to Aillin, Ailyn, Alaine, Alleen, Allene, Alline, Allyn, Allynn, Eilleen, Elaene, Elain, Elane, Elian, Eliane, Ellaine, Ellane, Ellayne, Ilean, Ileen, Illene, Oleen, Oline, Olwen, Olwin and Olwyn. Other recommended sound-alike names are Calin, Eadin, Edlin, Edlinn, Edlyn, Eilis, Eirin, Elaini, Eli, Elina, Elis, Ellba, Ellia, Elliana, Ellice, Ellis, Ellita, Elliza, Ellma, Ellona, Ellsa, Ellse, Elmina, Elois, Elsie, Elvi, Elvia, Elvie, Elvina, Elvine, Elvis, Emlyn, Emylin, Erin, Erlina, Erline, Ermin (see Ermine), Etain, Ethlin, Eulia, Evalin, Evelin, Evlin, Evline, Evlyn, Jalin, Jolin, Kalin, Kylin and Nolin. These names tend to be more frequently used than Ellin.

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