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EA (2)   f   Scandinavian
Short form of names ending in ea.

ÉABHA   f   Irish
Irish form of EVE

EADAN   f   Irish
Modern form of ÉTAÍN

ÉADAOIN   f   Irish
Modern form of ÉTAÍN

EADBURGA   f   Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and burg "fortress".

EADGYÐ   f   Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of EDITH

EALASAID   f   Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of ELIZABETH

EALDGYÐ   f   Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements eald "old" and gyð "battle".

EALISAID   f   Manx
Manx form of ELIZABETH

EARLEEN   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of EARL

EARLENE   f   English
Feminine form of EARL

EARLINE   f   English
Feminine form of EARL

EARNESTINE   f   English
Variant of ERNESTINE

EARTHA   f   English
Combination of the English word earth with the feminine name suffix a... [more]

EASTER   f   English
From the English name of the Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus... [more]

EAVAN   f   Irish
Anglicized form of AOIBHEANN

EBBA (1)   f   German, Scandinavian
Feminine form of EBBE

EBBA (2)   f   English
From the Old English name Æbbe, meaning unknown, perhaps a contracted form of a longer name... [more]

EBELE   f   Igbo
Means "mercy, kindness" in Igbo.

EBONY   f   English
From the English word ebony for the black wood which comes from the ebony tree... [more]

EBRU   f   Turkish
Means "paper marbling" in Turkish... [more]

ECATERINA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of KATHERINE

ECE   f   Turkish
Means "queen" in Turkish.

ECHO   f   Greek Mythology
Means "echo" from the word for the repeating reflected sound, which derives from Greek ηχη (eche) "sound"... [more]

EDA   f   Turkish
Means "well-mannered" in Turkish.

EDANA   f   History
Latinized form of ÉTAÍN... [more]

EDDA   f   Italian
Italian form of HEDDA

EDDIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of EDWARD, EDMUND, and other names beginning with Ed.

EDELMIRA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of ADELMAR

EDEN   f   Biblical, English (Modern)
Means "place of pleasure" in Hebrew... [more]

EDERNE   f   Basque
Feminine variant of EDER (2)

EDIE   f   English
Diminutive of EDITH

EDINA   f   Hungarian
Possibly a Hungarian form of a Germanic name... [more]

EDIT   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of EDITH

EDITA   f   Czech, Slovene, Lithuanian
Czech, Slovene and Lithuanian form of EDITH

EDITE   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of EDITH

ÉDITH   f   French
French form of EDITH

EDITH   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
From the Old English name Eadgyð, derived from the elements ead "rich, blessed" and gyð "war"... [more]

EDMÉ   f   Scottish
Scottish feminine form of ESMÉ

EDMONDA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of EDMUND

EDNA (1)   f   Irish, Scottish, English
Anglicized form of EITHNE

EDNA (2)   f   Biblical
Means "pleasure" in Hebrew... [more]

'EDNAH   f   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of EDNA (2)

EDUARDA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of EDWARD

EDURNE   f   Basque
Feminine form of EDUR

EDVIGE   f   Italian
Italian form of HEDWIG

EDWEENA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of EDWINA

EDWENA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of EDWINA

EDWIGE   f   French
French form of HEDWIG

EDWINA   f   English
Feminine form of EDWIN

EDWYNA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of EDWINA

EDYTA   f   Polish
Polish form of EDITH

EDYTHA   f   English (Rare)
Elaborated form of EDYTHE

EDYTHE   f   English
Variant of EDITH

EERIKA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of ERICA

EEVA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of EVA

EEVI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of EVA

EFA   f   Welsh
Welsh form of EVA

EFFIE (1)   f   English
Diminutive of EUPHEMIA

EFFIE (2)   f   Scottish
Anglicized form of OIGHRIG

EFIGÊNIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese variant of EUGENIA

EFIMIA   f   Greek
Modern Greek form of EUPHEMIA

EFRAT   f   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of EPHRATH

EFROSYNI   f   Greek
Modern Greek form of EUPHROSYNE

EFTHALIA   f   Greek
Modern Greek form of EUTHALIA

EFUA   f   Western African
Variant of AFUA

EGLANTINE   f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the flower also known as sweetbrier... [more]

EGLĖ   f   Lithuanian
Means "fir tree" in Lithuanian... [more]

EGUZKIÑE   f   Basque
Feminine form of EGUZKI

EIBHLÍN   f   Irish
Irish form of AVELINE

EIDEL   f   Yiddish
Means "delicate" in Yiddish.

EIDER   f   Basque
Feminine form of EDER (2)

EIJA   f   Finnish
Possibly from the Finnish happy exclamation eijaa.

EILEEN   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of EIBHLÍN... [more]

EILIDH   f   Scottish
Diminutive of EILIONOIR, sometimes taken to be a Gaelic form of HELEN.

EILIONOIR   f   Scottish
Scottish form of ELEANOR

EILÍS   f   Irish
Irish Gaelic form of ELIZABETH

EILISH   f   Irish
Anglicized form of EILÍS

EILUNED   f   Welsh
Variant of ELUNED

EILWEN   f   Welsh
Perhaps means "white brow" from Welsh ael "brow" and gwen "white, fair, blessed".

EIMEAR   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Modern Irish form of EMER

EIMHIR   f   Scottish
Scottish form of EMER

EIR   f   Norse Mythology
Means "mercy" in Old Norse... [more]

EIRA   f   Welsh
Means "snow" in Welsh.

EIREANN   f   English (Rare), Irish (Rare)
From Éireann, the genitive case of Gaelic Eire, meaning "Ireland"... [more]

EIREEN   f   Irish
Irish form of IRENE

EIRENE   f   Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Original Greek form of IRENE

EIRIAN   f   Welsh
Means "bright, beautiful" in Welsh.

EIRLYS   f   Welsh
Means "snowdrop" in Welsh.

EIRWEN   f   Welsh
Means "white snow" from the Welsh elements eira "snow" and gwen "white, blessed".

EITHNE   f   Irish, Scottish
Means "kernel" in Gaelic... [more]

EKA   m & f   Indonesian
Means "first child" in Indonesian.

EKATERINA   f   Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of KATHERINE, and a variant Russian transcription of YEKATERINA.

EKENE   m & f   Igbo
Means "praise" in Igbo.

EKENEDILICHUKWU   m & f   Igbo
Means "all praise to God" in Igbo.

EKİN   f   Turkish
Means "harvest" in Turkish.

EKO   m & f   Indonesian
Javanese form of EKA

EKUA   f   Western African
Variant of AKUA

EKUNDAYO   f & m   Yoruba
Means "sorrow becomes joy" in Yoruba.

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]

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.

ELDA   f   Italian
Italian form of HILDA

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

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

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

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

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]

ELICIA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of ALICIA

ELIDI   f  
Meaning unknown, possibly of Greek or Welsh origin... [more]

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

ELIGIA   f   Polish, Late Roman
Feminine form of ELIGIUS

ELIINA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of HELEN

ELIISA   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of ELISABET

ELIISABET   f   Estonian
Estonian form of ELIZABETH

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

ELIORA   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of ELIOR

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

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.

ELIXABETE   f   Basque
Basque form of ELIZABETH

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

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]

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

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.

ELLINOR   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ELEANOR

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.

ELMIRA   f   English
Shortened form of EDELMIRA... [more]

ELNORA   f   English
Contracted form of ELEANORA

ELODIA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of ALODIA

ÉLODIE   f   French
French form of ALODIA

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]

ELOUISE   f   English
Variant of ELOISE

ELPIDA   f   Greek
Modern Greek form of ELPIS

ELPIS   f   Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Means "hope" in Greek... [more]

ELS   f   Dutch
Short form of ELISABETH

ELSA   f   English, German, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of ELISABETH

ELSABETH   f   English (Rare)
Form of ELIZABETH

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

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)

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

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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