Elly
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Danish: a female given name, short for Elisabeth
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɛɫi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Elly is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 9.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- DKDenmark1 in 2Kas Ellie
- USUnited States1 in 2.7Kas Eli
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Elly itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 475 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.4K (inferred from the name graph)
122,713 named Eli, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Ellie in US United States, GB United Kingdom, FI Finland and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a female given name, short for Elisabeth
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
How Elly is read(measured from records)
Elly is one spelling over 6 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English33%
Variant of Ailbhe (see Alby).
as a nameIrish first names
- Indonesian21%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Elly in Indonesian.
- Dutch8.1%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Elly in Dutch.
- Swahili6.4%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Elly in Swahili.
- Spanish6.1%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Elly in Spanish.
- Danish5.2%
a female given name, short for Elisabeth
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Elly counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 122,713as Eli | 1 in 2.7K | 121K | Ellie | 475 |
| BR Brazil | — | 37,565as Eli | 1 in 5.6K | 44K | Elly | 67 |
| GB United Kingdom | #416 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 4K | 534 | Ellie | 268 |
| FI Finland | — | 10,819as Elli | 1 in 515 | 25K | Ellie | 15 |
| SE Sweden | — | 7,956as Ellie | 1 in 1.3K | 8K | Ellie | 36 |
| NO Norway | — | 7,277as Eli | 1 in 751 | 23K | Elly | 22 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 9.4K | — | Elly | 44 |
| DK Denmark | #538 | 2,913as Ellie | 1 in 2K | 2.9K | Elly | 43 |
| NL Netherlands | #164 | 997as Elle | 1 in 17K | 3.8K | Elly | 91 |
122,713 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling eli. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Elly is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Variant of Ai/be (see Alby).
as a nameIrish first names
In German, a diminutive of the female given names Elisabeth or Eleanor
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, a female given name, short for Elisabeth or Eleanor
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Hungarian, The name of the Latin-script letter Ly/ly.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Elly Neyb. 1882DEGerman pianist (1882–1968)
- Ellie Lambetib. 1926GRGreek actress (1926–1983)
- Renate Künastb. 1955DEnot in their usual nameGerman politician
- Ellie Cornellb. 1963USAmerican actress
- Ellie Kemperb. 1980USAmerican actress
- Ellie Kendrickb. 1990GBBritish actress
- Ellie Bamberb. 1997GBBritish actress and model
- Blancheb. 1999BEnot in their usual nameBelgian singer
- Ellie Darcey-Aldenb. 1999GBBritish actress
- Ellie Carpenterb. 2000AUAustralian soccer player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 84 sources across 43 countries.
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Elly mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name, short for Elisabeth Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Elly?
- In the etymology graph, Elizabeth, Lisa and Isabel are forms of the same name in other languages; Nelly, Nellie and Lillia are recorded short or pet forms; it is recorded as a short form of Elisabeth and Elnora.
- How do you pronounce Elly?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɛɫi/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Elly a male or female name?
- Elly is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Elly have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 123 thousand people named Eli, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Elly?
- In the United States, the national register counted 122,713 people named Eli in 2020, about 1 in 2.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Elly compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Elly is the 164th most common given name of 101,916 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Elly” — the 164th most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.