Elle is a girl's name of French origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 642 girls in the United States.
Elle belongs to the French tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Elle first appears in Social Security records in 1977. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #355 in 2019, and in 2024 642 babies received the name — 18,574 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Elle is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its French origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Elle is a girl name. In 2024, 642 babies received the name in the US.
Elle comes from the French tradition.
Elle first appears in US records in 1977. Its best-ever ranking was #355 in 2019, and 642 babies were given the name in 2024.
Elle is pronounced /ˈɛl/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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