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In the world, Egle (Egle , Eglė , Эгле ) is a common predominantly female, but very infrequently masculine forename. The first name Egle is characteristic of Lithuania, where it is a common girly name, Italy, where it is quite a rare female name, and Estonia. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Italy, Lithuania, and Argentina. Very seldom, Egle is the last name as well as the forename.
Egle is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Egle , the operatic character in the opera Gli orti esperidi and Eglė the Queen of Serpents , the mythological serpent from Lithuanian folklore.