Elli
Barely a hundred women in Poland carry Elli, so meeting one would stick in your memory. The name is new here: a couple of girls got it last year, and it's slowly climbing.
Elli Pronunciation
Elli is pronounced EL-lee (/ˈɛlli/).
What Elli means
Where Elli comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Elli comes from Greek, from the family of names built on brightness and light. Polish keeps that sense near. The name reads as jasna, piękna, bright and beautiful.
A second Elli is older and stranger. In Old Norse the word means old age. Snorri Sturluson wrote her into the Prose Edda, in the part called Gylfaginning. There Elli is an old woman who wrestles Thor at Utgard and forces the god to one knee. No one throws off old age.
The same short name holds two meanings, one Greek and one Norse. On a Polish class register it sits plain among longer names, four letters and done. A teacher marking attendance meets the Greek Elli first. Its Polish sense stays simple: jasna, piękna.
How many people are named Elli
1 in 218872 women in Poland is named Elli. 103 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3368 among female names.
Elli's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1543 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Elli as a middle name
Elli is a first name for 103 women in Poland and a middle name for another 28, a 79/21 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1340th, between Eden (28) and Eunice (28).
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#1338 Dobiesława28
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#1339 Eden28
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#1340 Elli28
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#1341 Eunice28
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#1342 Fanny28