Ellah

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Ellah is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country. In Malawi it is the 98th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 132K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ZWZimbabwe≈1 in 13K
  • MWMalawi≈1 in 27K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Africa (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,600 people, est.

Sources
82 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)

Zimbabwe, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ellah 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.

Where Ellah is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZA South Africa—≈1,600 est.≈1 in 36K—Ellah14
ZW Zimbabwe—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 13K—Ellah9
NG Nigeria—≈950 est.≈1 in 226K—Ellah31
PH Philippines—≈830 est.≈1 in 132K—Ellah33
MW Malawi#98≈790 est.≈1 in 27K—Ellah6
US United States—7831 in 425K770Ellah82
KE Kenya—≈640 est.≈1 in 84K—Ellah18
ZM Zambia—≈260 est.≈1 in 66K—Ellah7

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. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ellah is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic given name44 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

    Also written Êlläh, Êllãh, Ellãh, Êllàh, Ęllàh

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, Belgium, South Africa

    Also written Éllãh, Ellàh, Éllàh

  • Turkish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Türkiye, Syria

    Also written Èllâh, Êlläh, Ellåh

  • Swedish name6 spellings in the group

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Ễllȁh

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Ellah under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Ellah a male or female name?
Ellah is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Ellah have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.6 thousand people named Ellah in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ellah.
How common is the name Ellah?
In the United States, the national register counted 783 people named Ellah in 2020, about 1 in 425 thousand residents.
How common is Ellah compared with other names?
In Malawi, Ellah is the 98th most common given name of 3,102 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, “Ellah” — the 98th most common given name in Malawi. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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