the etymology and history of first names
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EL m Near Eastern Mythology
From a Semitic word meaning "god", perhaps originally derived from a root meaning "power"... [more]
ELADIO m Spanish
Spanish form of HELLADIUS
ELAH f Jewish
Means "oak tree" or "terebinth tree" in Hebrew.
ELAHEH f Iranian
Means "goddess" in Persian.
ELAIN f Welsh
Means "fawn" in Welsh.
ELAINE f English
Old French form of HELEN... [more]
ELAM m Biblical
Possibly means "hidden" in Hebrew... [more]
ELANOR f Literature
Means "star sun" in Sindarin... [more]
ELBA f Various
From the name of the island off the west coast of Italy where Napoleon was exiled.
ELBERT m Dutch
Dutch form of ADALBERT
ELDA f Italian
Perhaps an Italian form of HILDA
ELDAD m Biblical
Means "God has loved" in Hebrew... [more]
ELDER m Portuguese
Variant of HELDER
ELDON m English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "Ella's hill" in Old English.
ELDRED m English
From an English surname which was derived from EALDRÆD.
ELEA f English
Short form of ELEANOR... [more]
ELEANOR f English
From the Old French form of the Provençal name Aliénor... [more]
ELEANORA f English
Latinate form of ELEANOR
ELEANORE f English
Variant of ELEANOR
ELEAZAR m Biblical
Means "my God has helped" in Hebrew... [more]
ELECTRA f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Ηλεκτρα (Elektra), derived from ηλεκτρον (elektron) meaning "amber"... [more]
ELEFTHERIA f Greek
Feminine form of ELEFTHERIOS
ELEFTHERIOS m Greek
Modern Greek form of Eleutherios (see ELEUTHERIUS).
ELEK m Hungarian
Hungarian form of ALEXIS
ELEN f Welsh
Welsh form of HELEN... [more]
ELENA f Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Russian
Cognate of HELEN, and a variant Russian transcription of YELENA.
ELENE f Greek, Georgian
Modern Greek and Georgian form of HELEN
ELENI f Greek
Variant transcription of ELENE
ELENORA f English
Form of ELEANOR
ELEONOORA f Finnish
Finnish form of ELEANOR
ELEONOR f English (Rare)
Variant of ELEANOR
ELEONORA f Italian, German, Dutch, Polish
Italian, German, Dutch and Polish form of ELEANOR
ELÉONORE f French
French form of ELEANOR
ELEONORE f German
German form of ELEANOR
ELERI f Welsh
Meaning unknown. In Welsh legend she was the daughter of the chieftain Brychan.
ELETTRA f Italian
Italian form of ELECTRA
ELEUTERIO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of ELEUTHERIUS
ELEUTHERIUS m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ελευθεριος (Eleutherios) which meant "free"... [more]
ELFA f ?
Possibly a variant of ELVA (1)
ELFLEDA f English (Archaic)
From the Old English name Æðelflæd which means "noble beauty" from æðel "noble" combined with flæd "beauty"... [more]
ELFREDA f English
Means "elf strength" from the Old English element ælf combined with þryð "strength"... [more]
ELFRIDA f English (Rare), German (Rare)
Variant of ELFREDA
ELFRIEDA f English
Variant of ELFREDA
ELFRIEDE f German
German form of ELFREDA
ELI (1) m English, Jewish, Biblical
Means "ascension" in Hebrew... [more]
ELI (2) m Jewish
Means "my God" in Hebrew.
ELIA m Italian, Dutch
Italian and Dutch form of ELIJAH
ELIAKIM m Biblical
Means "God rises" in Hebrew... [more]
ELIÁN m Various
In the case of Elian Gonzalez it is a combination of ELIZABETH and JUAN, the names of his parents.
ELIANA (1) f Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ÉLIANE
ELIANA (2) f Jewish
Means "my God has answered" in Hebrew.
ÉLIANE f French
From the Roman family name Aelianus, which was probably derived from the Greek word ‘ηλιος (helios) meaning "sun"... [more]
ÉLIÁS m Hungarian
Hungarian form of ELIJAH
ELÍAS m Spanish
Spanish form of ELIJAH
ELIAS m Greek, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, English
Cognate of ELIJAH
ELIASZ m Polish
Polish form of ELIJAH
ELICIA f English (Rare)
Variant of ALICIA
ELIDI f
Meaning unknown, possibly of Greek or Welsh origin... [more]
ÉLIE m French
French form of ELIJAH
ELIEZER m Biblical
Means "my God is help" in Hebrew... [more]
ELİF f Turkish
From Alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
ELIGIA f Polish
Feminine form of Eligius (see ELIGIO).
ELIGIO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of the Late Latin name Eligius, which was derived from Latin eligere "to choose"... [more]
ELIGIUSZ m Polish
Polish form of Eligius (see ELIGIO).
ELIHU m Biblical
Means "my God is YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]
ELIINA f Finnish
Finnish form of HELEN
ELIISA f Finnish
Finnish short form of ELISABET
ELIISABET f Estonian
Estonian form of ELIZABETH
ELIJAH m English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name אֱלִיָּהוּ ('Eliyyahu) meaning "my God is YAHWEH"... [more]
ELIKAPEKA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ELIZABETH
ELIN f Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of HELEN
ELINA f Finnish, Swedish
Finnish and Swedish form of HELEN
ELINOR f English
Variant of ELEANOR
ELIOENAI m Biblical
Means "my eyes look to God" in Hebrew... [more]
ELIOR m Jewish
Means "my God is my light" in Hebrew.
ELIORA f Jewish
Feminine form of ELIOR
ELIOT m English
From a surname which was a variant of ELLIOTT... [more]
ELIOTT m English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of ELLIOTT.
ELIPHALET m Biblical (Variant)
Variant of ELIPHELET
ELIPHELET m Biblical
Means "God is release" in Hebrew... [more]
ELISA f German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, English
Short form of ELISABETH
ELISABET f Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of ELIZABETH
ELISABETA f Romanian
Romanian form of ELIZABETH
ELISABETE f Portuguese
Portuguese form of ELIZABETH
ÉLISABETH f French
French form of ELIZABETH
ELISABETH f German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Biblical (Variant)
German and Dutch form of ELIZABETH... [more]
ELISABETTA f Italian
Italian form of ELIZABETH
ELISAVET f Greek
Greek form of ELIZABETH
ELISAVETA f Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of ELIZABETH
ÉLISE f French
French short form of ÉLISABETH
ELISE f German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
Short form of ELIZABETH
ELISEO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ELISHA
ELISHA m Biblical
From the Hebrew name אֱלִישַׁע ('Elisha'), a contracted form of אֱלִישׁוּעַ ('Elishu'a) meaning "my God is salvation"... [more]
ELISHEBA f Biblical
Original Hebrew form of ELIZABETH... [more]
ELISHEVA f Jewish
Hebrew form of ELIZABETH
ELIŠKA f Czech
Czech diminutive of ELIZABETH
ELISO f Georgian
Georgian form of ELIZABETH
ELISSA (1) f Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown (possibly Phoenician in origin)... [more]
ELISSA (2) f English
Variant of ELISA
ELISUD m Welsh
Derived from Welsh elus meaning "kind".
ELITA f Latvian
Meaning unknown.
ELIUD m Biblical
Greek form of a Hebrew name meaning "God is grandeur"... [more]
ELIXABETE f Basque
Basque form of ELIZABETH
ELIYAHU m Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of ELIJAH
ELIZA f English
Short form of ELIZABETH... [more]
ELIZABETA f Slovene
Slovene form of ELIZABETH
ELIZABETH f English, Biblical
From Ελισαβετ (Elisabet), the Greek form of the Hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע ('Elisheva') meaning "my God is an oath" or perhaps "my God is abundance"... [more]
ELIZAVETA f Russian
Variant transcription of YELIZAVETA
ELJAS m Finnish
Finnish form of ELIJAH
ELKAN m Yiddish
Yiddish form of ELKANAH
ELKANAH m Biblical
Means "God has purchased" in Hebrew... [more]
ELKE (1) f Dutch, Frisian
Dutch diminutive of ADELHEID
ELKE (2) f Jewish
Feminine form of ELKANAH
ELLA (1) f English
Norman form of the Germanic name Alia, which was a short form of names containing the Germanic element ali meaning "other"... [more]
ELLA (2) f English, Scandinavian
Diminutive of ELEANOR, ELLEN (1), and other names beginning with El... [more]
ELLAR m Scottish
Anglicized form of EALLAIR
ELLE f English (Modern)
Diminutive of ELEANOR and other names beginning with El... [more]
ELLEN (1) f English
Medieval English form of HELEN... [more]
ELLEN (2) f Dutch
Short form of ELEONORA
ELLERY m English
From an English surname which was originally derived from the medieval masculine name HILARY.
ELLI (1) f German
German diminutive of ELIZABETH
ELLI (2) f Finnish
Finnish diminutive of ELEONOORA
ELLIE f English
Diminutive of ELEANOR, ELLEN (1), and other names beginning with El.
ELLIL m Near Eastern Mythology
Babylonian form of ENLIL
ELLINOR f Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ELEANOR
ELLIOT m English
From a surname which was a variant of ELLIOTT.
ELLIOTT m English
From an English surname which was derived from a diminutive of the medieval name ELIAS.
ELLIS (1) m English
From an English surname which was derived from the given name ELIJAH.
ELLIS (2) m Welsh
Anglicized form of ELISUD
ELLY f English, Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ELISABETH or an English variant of ELLIE.
ELMA f Dutch, German
Short form of WILHELMINE or names ending in elma, such as ANSELMA.
ELMAS f Turkish
Means "diamond" in Turkish.
ELMER m English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English name ÆÐELMÆR... [more]
ELMIRA f English
Shortened form of EDELMIRA... [more]
ELMO m Italian
Means "helmet" or "protection" from Germanic... [more]
ELNATHAN m Biblical
Means "God has given" in Hebrew... [more]
ELNORA f English
Contracted form of ELEONORA or ELEANORA
ELODIA f Spanish
Spanish form of ALODIA
ÉLODIE f French
French form of ALODIA
ELOF m Swedish
From the Old Norse name Eileifr, which was derived from the elements ei "ever" and leifr "heir".
ELOI m French
French form of Eligius (see ELIGIO).
ELOISA f Italian, Spanish
Latinate form of ELOISE
ÉLOÏSE f French
French form of ELOISE
ELOISE f English
From the Old French name Héloïse, which is probably from the Germanic name Heilwidis, composed of the elements heil "hale, healthy" and wid "wide"... [more]
ELON m Biblical
Means "oak" in Hebrew... [more]
ELOUISE f English
Variant of ELOISE
ELOY m Spanish
Spanish form of Eligius (see ELIGIO).
ELPIDA f Greek
Feminine form of Elpidios (see ELPIDIUS).
ELPIDIO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ELPIDIUS
ELPIDIUS m Late Roman
Late Latin form of the Greek name Ελπιδιος (Elpidios), which was derived from ελπις (elpis) "hope"... [more]
ELPIS f Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Means "hope" in Greek... [more]
ELRIC m Medieval English
Medieval form of either of the Old English names Ælfric meaning "elf ruler" or Æðelric meaning "noble ruler"... [more]
ELROND m Literature
Means "star dome" in Sindarin... [more]
ELROY m English
Altered form of LEROY, using the Spanish definite article el as opposed to the French le.
ELS f Dutch
Short form of ELISABETH
ELSA f English, German, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of ELISABETH
ELSABETH f English (Rare)
Form of ELIZABETH
ELSDON m English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "Elli's valley" in Old English.
ELSE f Danish, Norwegian, German
Diminutive of ELISABETH
ELSIE f English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH
ELSPET f Scottish
Scottish form of ELIZABETH
ELSPETH f Scottish
Scottish form of ELIZABETH
ELTON m English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Ella's town" in Old English... [more]
ELUF m Danish
Danish form of ELOF
ELUNED f Welsh
Derived from Welsh eilun "image, idol".
ELVA (1) f Irish
Anglicized form of AILBHE
ELVA (2) f Swedish, Danish
Feminine form of ALF (1)
ELVIN m English
Variant of ALVIN
ELVINA f English
Variant of ALVINA
ELVIRA f Spanish
Spanish form of a Visigothic name composed of the Germanic elements al "all" and wer "true".
ELVIRE f French
French form of ELVIRA
ELVIS m English
Meaning unknown... [more]
ELWIN m English
Variant of ALVIN
ELWOOD m English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "elder tree forest" in Old English.
ELWYN m English
Variant of ALVIN
ELY m English
Variant of ELI (1)
ELYSE f English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH... [more]
ELYSIA f Various
From Elysium, the name of the realm of the dead in Greek and Roman mythology, which means "blissful".
ELYZABETH f English (Rare)
Variant of ELIZABETH
ELŽBIETA f Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of ELIZABETH
ELŻBIETA f Polish
Polish form of ELIZABETH
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