Names Starting with El

Elegant names beginning with El — from classic Eleanor and Elizabeth to modern Eliot and Elowen. The El- prefix gives names a timeless, slightly mystical quality.

Showing 961–1,008 of 1,514 names

My God is Yahweh

Uncertain, possibly English or Korean

Uncertain; possibly a modern coinage or variant.

Noble, famous

bright, shining one

Possibly a diminutive of names containing 'El' or a variant of 'Ella'.

foreign riches

healthy, wide, or famous warrior

968.Ellona

♀ Female

Greek, Germanic

light, torch, or foreign, other

caves

God is my light

elder tree island

light, bright, or famous

famous warrior

elm tree

Elm tree, or possibly 'good, fair'

God is my oath

nobleman's estate

Germanic, Old English

Uncertain, possibly 'noble' or 'other'

God is my oath

elf friend

elf counsel

elder tree forest or noble wood

983.Elly

♀ Female

Hebrew

My God is abundance; God is my light

984.Ellya

♀ Female

Hebrew

God is my God; my God is Yahweh

My God is Yahweh

God has answered; my God is Yahweh; sun

987.Ellyanna

♀ Female

Hebrew and Greek

God has answered; sun ray

My God is Yahweh

God is my oath

My God is Yahweh

light, bright, shining one

992.Ellyna

♀ Female

Greek, Hebrew

God is my light; torch; bright, shining one

993.Ellyne

♀ Female

Greek

torch, bright, shining one

994.Ellynn

♀ Female

Greek

light; sun ray; torch

995.Ellynor

♀ Female

Greek, Germanic

God is my light; foreign, other

The Lord is my God

The Lord is my God

Hebrew, via English and French

My God is Yahweh

God is my oath

God is my oath

Helmet, protection; also 'apple'

1002.Elmahdi

♂ Male

Arabic

the guided one, the rightly guided

1003.Elman

♂ Male

Turkic

People's man, nation's man

God is with us

Noble and famous, or renowned for nobility.

1006.Elmár

♂ Male

Germanic

Noble, famous, or renowned

Noble protector

noble and famous

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