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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   Hebrew
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, Welsh Mythology
From an Old French variant of HELEN... [more]

ELAM   m   Biblical
Possibly means "hidden" in Hebrew... [more]

ELANOR   f   Literature
Means "star sun" in Sindarin... [more]

ELARIO   m   ?
Variant of ILARIO

'EL'AZAR   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ELEAZAR

ELBA   f   Various
From the name of the island off the west coast of Italy where Napoleon was exiled.

ELBERT   m   Dutch
Dutch variant of ADELBERT

ELDA   f   Italian
Italian form of HILDA

ELDAD   m   Biblical
Means "God has loved" in Hebrew... [more]

ELDER   m   Portuguese
Variant of HÉLDER

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, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name אֶלְעָזָר ('El'azar) meaning "my God has helped"... [more]

ELECTRA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of 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

ELEKTRA   f   Greek Mythology
Greek form of ELECTRA

ELEN   f   Welsh
Welsh form of HELEN... [more]

ELENA   f   Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Russian, Old Slavic
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, Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish
Cognate 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

ELEUTHERIOS   m   Late Greek
Original Greek form of ELEUTHERIUS

ELEUTHERIUS   m   Late 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 the elements æðel "noble"and flæd "beauty"... [more]

ELFREDA   f   English
From the Old English name Ælfþryð meaning "elf strength" from the element ælf combined with þryð "strength"... [more]

ELFRIDA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of ELFREDA

ELFRIEDA   f   English
Variant of ELFREDA

ELFRIEDE   f   German
German form of ELFREDA

ELI (1)   m   English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Means "ascension" in Hebrew... [more]

ELI (2)   m   Hebrew
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   Hebrew
Means "my God has answered" in Hebrew.

ÉLIANE   f   French
Probably from Aeliana, the feminine form of the Roman name Aelianus, which was derived from the Roman family name AELIUS... [more]

ÉLIÁS   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ELIJAH

ELÍAS   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ELIJAH

ELIAS   m   Greek, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Cognate of ELIJAH... [more]

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

'ELI'EZER   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ELIEZER

ELIEZER   m   Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From Hebrew אֱלִיעֶזֶר ('Eli'ezer) meaning "my God is help"... [more]

ELİF   f   Turkish
From Alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.

'ELIFALET   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ELIPHALET

'ELIFELET   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ELIPHELET

ELIGIA   f   Polish, Late Roman
Feminine form of ELIGIUS

ELIGIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ELIGIUS

ELIGIUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name derived from Latin eligere "to choose"... [more]

ELIGIUSZ   m   Polish
Polish form of ELIGIUS

ELIHU   m   Biblical, English (Archaic), Biblical Hebrew
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, Hebrew, 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

ELIO   m   Italian
Italian form of AELIUS or HELIOS

ELIOENAI   m   Biblical
Means "my eyes look to God" in Hebrew... [more]

ELIOR   m   Hebrew
Means "my God is my light" in Hebrew.

ELIORA   f   Hebrew
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.

ELIOU   m   Biblical Greek
Form of ELIJAH used in the Greek Old Testament.

ELIPHALET   m   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of ELIPHELET used in some versions of the Old Testament to refer to the son of David.

ELIPHELET   m   Biblical
Means "God is release" in Hebrew... [more]

ELIS   m   Medieval English
Medieval English form of ELIJAH

ELISA   f   German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, English
Short form of ELISABETH

ELISABET   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, Biblical Greek
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), Biblical Latin
German and Dutch form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ELISABETI   f   Old Church Slavic
Old Slavic form of ELIZABETH

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

ELISEDD   m   Ancient Celtic
Derived from Welsh elus meaning "kind"... [more]

ELISEO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ELISHA

ELISEUS   m   Biblical Latin
Latin form of ELISHA

ELISHA   m   Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
From the Hebrew name אֱלִישַׁע ('Elisha'), a contracted form of אֱלִישׁוּעַ ('Elishu'a) meaning "my God is salvation"... [more]

ELISHEBA   f   Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ELISHEVA   f   Hebrew
Hebrew form of ELIZABETH

ELIŠKA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak 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

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   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
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   Hebrew
Modern variant of ELKANAH

ELKANAH   m   Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Means "God has purchased" in Hebrew... [more]

ELKE (1)   f   Dutch, German, Frisian
Frisian diminutive of ADELHEID

ELKE (2)   f   Hebrew
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
From a Welsh surname which was derived from ELISEDD

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   English, German, Italian
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element helm meaning "helmet, protection"... [more]

ELNATHAN   m   Biblical
Means "God has given" in Hebrew... [more]

ELNORA   f   English
Contracted form of 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

ELOÍSA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of ELOISE

ELOISA   f   Italian
Italian 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 Helewidis, 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

ELOV   m   Swedish
Variant of ELOF

ELOY   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ELIGIUS

ELPIDA   f   Greek
Modern Greek form of ELPIS

ELPIDIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ELPIDIUS

ELPIDIOS   m   Late Greek
Greek form of ELPIDIUS

ELPIDIUS   m   Late Greek (Latinized)
Latinized 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 or ÆÐELRIC... [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   Danish, Swedish
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, possibly 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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