Ellie, or Elly, is a given name, usually feminine. The name stands on its own or can be a shortened form of any of the numerous female names beginning with the syllable El-, in particular Eleanor or Elizabeth. It can also be a short form of Elena, Elham, Elaheh, Eliana, Eloise, Emelia, Elisa, Ellisha, Elisha, Elesha, Shelly, or Petronella and as a masculine name of Eleazer, Elliot, Elron, or Elston. In Greek mythology, Ellie (Helle) was the daughter of Athamas and Nephele; sister of Phrixus.
| Gender | Female and male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Ancient Greek, and others |
| Meaning | "Ellinis" Hellenic, and others |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Elnora, Elena, Ellisha, Elisha, Elesha, Elham, Eliana, Elisabel, Elisabeth, Élisabeth, Elisabetta, Elise, Michelle, Élise, Elisa, Elisheba, Elisheva, Ellienor, Elmira, Elissa, Eliza, Elizabeta, Elizabeth, Elize, Eloise, Elspeth, Emelia, Petronella, Pieternella; Eleazer, Elliot, Elron, Elston. |
Notable people named Elly
Women
- Elly Ameling (born 1933), Dutch soprano
- Elly Appel-Vessies (born 1952), Dutch tennis player
- Ellie Bamber (born 1997), English actress
- Ellie Beaven (born 1980), English actress
- Elly Beinhorn (1907–2007), German pilot
- Ellie Black (born 1995), Canadian artistic gymnast
- Ellie Blackburn (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
- Elly Blanksma-van den Heuvel (born 1959), Dutch politician
- Elly Botbijl (born 1940), Dutch fencer
- Ellie Brazil (born 1999), English association footballer
- Ellie van den Brom (born 1949), Dutch speed skater
- Ellie Brush (born 1988), Australian association footballer
- Ellie Cachette (born 1985), American technology executive, activist and author
- Ellie Campbell, a British singer
- Ellie Carpenter (born 2000), Australian footballer
- Ellie Cole (born 1991), Australian Paralympic swimmer and wheelchair basketball player
- Ellie Cornell (born 1963), American actress and movie producer
- Ellie Crisell (born 1976), British journalist and television presenter
- Ellie Crowe, author
- Ellie Curson (born 1994), Welsh footballer
- Elly Dammers (1921–2009), Dutch javelin thrower
- Ellie Daniel (born 1950), American swimmer
- Ellie Darcey-Alden (born 1999), English actress
- Elly Dekker (born 1943), Dutch physicist and museum curator
- Ellie Downie (born 1999), British artistic gymnast
- Ellie Drennan (born 1998), Australian singer-songwriter, youngest winner of The Voice Australia
- Ellie Emberson, British Labour Party councillor
- Ellie Goulding (born 1986), British singer, songwriter and musician
- Ellie Greenwich (1940–2009), American pop singer, songwriter and record producer
- Ellie Greenwood (born 1979), British ultramarathon runner
- Elly Griffiths (born 1963), British author
- Elly Gross (born 1929), Jewish Holocaust survivor and author
- Ellie Guggenheimer (1912–2008), American civic leader, author and philanthropist
- Elly Hakami (born 1969), American tennis player
- Elly Haney (1931–1999), American feminist theologian and community activist
- Ellie Harrison (artist) (born 1979), British artist
- Ellie Harrison (journalist) (born 1977), British journalist and presenter best known for her television wildlife work
- Elly Heuss-Knapp (1881–1952), German politician, social reformer, author and wife of German president Theodor Heuss
- Ellie Hill (born 1975), American politician
- Elly van Hulst (born 1959), Dutch middle-distance runner
- Ellie Jackson (1825–1854), first wife of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
- Elly Jackson (born 1988), British singer, songwriter and the sole member of La Roux, a former synthpop duo
- Ellie Kanner, American film and television director
- Ellie Kawamura (born 1993), American figure skater
- Ellie Kemper (born 1980), American actress, comedian and writer
- Ellie Kendrick (born 1990), British actress
- Ellie Kinnaird (born 1931), North Carolina politician
- Elli Kokkinou (born 1970), Greek singer
- Elly Koot (born 1943), Dutch model, Miss Europe 1964
- Elly Kouwenhoven (born 1949), Dutch author and politician
- Ellie Krieger (born 1965), American nutritionist, author and host of the television show Healthy Appetite
- Ellie Lambeti (1926–1983), Greek actress
- Elly Lieber (born 1932), Austrian luger, 1959 world champion
- Elly Ney (1882–1968), German romantic pianist
- Elly M. Peterson (1914–2008), American politician
- Ellie Moon, Canadian actor and playwright
- Elly Plooij-van Gorsel (born 1947), Dutch politician
- Ellie Raymond (born 1991), Australian footballer
- Ellie Roebuck (born 1991), English association footballer
- Ellie Simmonds (born 1994), British Paralympian swimmer
- Ellie Soutter (2000–2018), British snowboarder
- Elli Stai (born 1954), Greek journalist and TV presenter
- Elly Stone (born 1927), American singer and actress
- Ellie Taylor (born 1983/1984), English comedian
- Elly de Waard (born 1940), Dutch poet
- Ellie Watton (born 1989), British field hockey player
- Elly Winter (1898–1987), German communist and political activist
- Elly Yunara (1923–1992), Indonesian film
Men
- Elrod Hendricks (1940–2005), American Major League Baseball catcher and coach
- Elston Howard (1929–1980), American baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball
- Elly Idris (born 1962), Indonesian football coach and former player
- Eleazer Elly Kadoorie (1867–1944), Jewish businessman and philanthropist in China and Hong Kong
- Elly Kayanja (born 1959), Ugandan brigadier
- Elly Kleinman (born 1952), Jewish-American business executive and philanthropist
- Elly Lefort (born 1987), French and Monegasque bobsledder
- Elliot Ellie Mannette (born 1927), Trinidadian musical instrument maker
- Eliseo Ellie Rodríguez (born 1946), Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher
- Elly Rono (born 1970), Kenyan former long-distance runner
- Ellie G. Shuler Jr. (born 1936), retired United States Air Force lieutenant general
- Elly Tumwine (born 1954), Ugandan general and politician
- Elly Wamala (1935–2004), Ugandan musician
- Elly (dancer)(born 1987), Japanese dancer
Fictional characters
- Elli, a character and bachelorette in the Story of Seasons video game franchise
- Ellie, a character in Greek mythology who figured prominently in the story of Jason and the Argonauts
- Ellegaard, a supporting character in Minecraft Story Mode (Referred to as Ellie for short)
- Ellie Arroway, the main character in Carl Sagan's science fiction novel Contact and the film based on it
- Eleanor Bartlet, the middle daughter of President Jed Bartlet on the television show The West Wing
- Elle Bishop, a character in American television series Heroes
- Ellie Rebecca Brass, on the American crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Elly May Clampett, a main character in the American television series The Beverly Hillbillies
- Eleanor Elly Conway, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Eleanor Miss Ellie Ewing, on the American soap opera Dallas
- Ellie Fredricksen, in Disney–Pixar's 2009 film Up
- Ellie the Octopus, in Pajanimals
- Ellie the Elephant, in Pocoyo
- Ellie Linton, the protagonist of the novel Tomorrow When the War Began
- Ellie Miller, a main character on the television crime drama Broadchurch
- Eleanor Ellie Mills, on the British soap opera Hollyoaks
- Ellie Nash, in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Ellie Riggs, the protagonist of the American sitcom Watching Ellie, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Ellie Torres, a main character on the television show Cougar Town
- Elly Van Houten, in the Xenogears video game
- Elinor "Ellie" Walker, from the 1960s television show The Andy Griffith Show
- Ellie Woodcomb, on the American series Chuck
- Ellie, a ghost in Elly & Jools, an Australian children's television series
- Ellie (The Last of Us), a main character from the video game The Last of Us
See also
- Elle (disambiguation)
- Elli (disambiguation)
- Elly (disambiguation)
- Elie Rous (1909–?), English football manager, primarily in France
- Elie Wiesel (1928–2016), Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor.
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