Elle

Origin: English
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According to a user from New York, United States, the name Elle is of Hebrew origin and means "Wishing".
A user from Florida, United States says the name Elle is of French origin and means "She".
According to a user from Maryland, United States, the name Elle is of French origin and means "She".
According to a user from Trinidad and Tobago, the name Elle is of English origin and means "Peace maker".
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A diminutive of the female given name Arielle

Elle was also found in the following language(s): Estonian, German, Italian, and Northern Sami

Notable Persons Named Elle

Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning is an actress. Her most notable accomplishments were from 2001 to present. Elle was given the name Mary Elle Fanning on April 9th, 1998 in Conyers, Georgia.

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Elle King

Elle King is a country, soul, rock, and blues musician. She plays Vocals, guitar, and banjo. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1998 to present. Elle was given the name Tanner Elle Schneider on July 3rd, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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Elle Macpherson

Elle Macpherson is a model. Elle was given the name Eleanor Nancy Gow on March 29th, 1964 in Killara, Sydney, Australia.

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Elle Evans

Elle was given the name Lindsey Gayle Evans on December 9th, 1989 in Paris, Texas. Elle is also known as Lindsey Evans.

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Elle Greenaway

Elle Greenaway is a federal bureau of investigation.

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Elle and Blair Fowler

Elle and Blair Fowler is a youtube beauty gurus, youtube, and youtubebeauty gurus. They have been prominent since 2008. Elle was given the name Lisa and Elizabeth Fowler on May 25th, 1988 in Augusta, Georgia.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Elle

Louis Ferdinand Elle

Louis was born in 1612 in Paris. He passed away in 1689.

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Kathleen Elle

Kathleen Elle is a folk rock singer-songwriter. Kathleen was given the name Kathleen Elizabeth .

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Ferdinand Elle

Ferdinand was born in 1570 in Mechelen. He left this life in 1637.

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born
1977	5	5
1978	8	8
1983	6	6
1985	7	7
1986	12	12
1987	27	27
1988	40	40
1989	96	96
1990	90	90
1991	111	111
1992	103	103
1993	94	94
1994	125	125
1995	130	130
1996	140	140
1997	142	142
1998	145	145
1999	170	170
2000	181	181
2001	197	197
2002	417	417
2003	497	497
2004	596	596
2005	594	594
2006	653	653
2007	676	676
2008	641	641
2009	709	709
2010	749	749
2011	766	766
2012	822	822
2013	748	748
2014	823	823
2015	817	817
2016	831	831
2017	828	828

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Ethnicity		Elle	U.S.
█	White	79.09%	64.26%
█	African American	10.45%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	5.00%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	0.00%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	0.00%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	3.18%	16.26%

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People with the last name Elle are most frequently White or African American

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#123 Unique Girl Names
How Popular is the name Elle? Elle is the 2,166^th most popular name of all time. As a last name Elle was the 85,049^th most popular name in 2010.
How many people with the first name Elle have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 12,996 babies born with the first name Elle in the United States. That's more than enough people named Elle to occupy the country of Tuvalu with an estimated population of 10,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Elle? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1977 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
When was Elle first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Elle is Monday, November 28th, 1881.
What year had the most people named Elle born? The highest recorded use of the first name Elle was in 2016 with a total of 831 babies.
Random Elle Factoid: According to the 2000 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Elle is not a popular baby girl's name in Utah. Imagine that, only 9 babies in Utah have the same name as you in 2000.
Weird things about the name Elle: Your name in reverse order is Elle. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Eell. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Elle? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 220 people with the last name Elle.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Elle? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Elle as their last name since less than 1 person in 1.4m people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!