Elle

Where Elle comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Elle.

  • Vowel-ended
Elle through the years
  1. 1964
    Elle Macpherson born
    Australian model and actress
  2. 1977
    First appearance
    #9,652 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1998
    Elle Fanning born
    American actress
  4. 2019
    Peak, #354
    890 babies named Elle, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Eleanor and other names beginning with El. Also given as a name in its own right.
Namesakes
  • Elle Fanning · American actress, born 1998
  • Elle Macpherson · Australian model and actress, born 1964
  • Elle King · American singer, songwriter, and actress, born 1989
  • Elle Logan · American rower, born 1987
  • Elle Evans · American model, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.