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Meaning of Elli

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Elli is a Finnish name for boys and girls.
The meaning is `sunray, shining light`
The name Elli is most commonly given to Norwegian girls. (4 times more often than to American girls.)
Although in most countries Elli is a name given to girls. In the United States, 1 out of 58 Elli`s are boys.

It is short for:

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Lisbet, Liesel, Lisbeth, Liesl, Elspeth, Elspet, Lisa, Beth, Liza, Lise, Elise, Eliza, Lizbeth, Elissa, Bess

If it's too long you might use:

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Lis, Ilse, Liz

What do they use in other countries?

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Elan
Leni (German)
Laine
Lain
Ilja
Lean (Irish)
Nell (English)
Alane
Alin
Ellie (English)
Elly (English)
Nelly (English)
Elien
Elienai
Alayna (English)
Ilke (Hungarian)

The name sounds like:

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Alli, Ellie, Elle, Elly, Eli, Ellia, Ulli

Similar names are:

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Ellin, Ellsi

See also:

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Bethan, Liese, Liesa, Lili, Lisette, Elizabeth, Betsy, Tetty, Betty, Bettie, Bessie, Bette, Elsie, Lizzie, Lizzy, Libby, Else

Statistics

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This graph shows how many babies are given the name Elli each year in the United States. [Choose another country]