Ellie

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Ellie
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameAncient Greek, and others
Meaning"Ellinis" Hellenic, and others
Other names
Related namesElvira, Eleanora, Elena, Ellisha, Elisha, Elesha, Elnaz, Elham, Eliana, Elisabel, Elisabeth, Élisabeth, Elisabetta, Elise, Michelle, Élise, Elisa, Elisheba, Elisheva, Ellienor, Elmira, Elissa, Eliza, Elizabeta, Elizabeth, Elize, Shelly, Shelley, Eloise, Elspeth, Emelia, Petronella, Pieternella; Eleazer, Elliot, Elron, Elston, Elinor

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 and Elvira. It can also be a short form of Elena, Michelle, Elnaz, 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.

Notable people named Ellie[]

Women[]

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 the Canadian television drama 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 American television comedy Cougar Town
  • Elly Van Houten, in the Xenogears video game
  • Elinor "Ellie" Walker, from the 1960s television series 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
  • Ellie Appleton, a character from the movie Yesterday[1]

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.

References[]

  1. ^ , Wikipedia, 2021-03-15, retrieved 2021-03-17
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