Given name & surname

Ele

Ele is a feminine given name. It is used in Old French.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Ele isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Ele through the years

Babies since 1880
10
0 boys · 10 girls
Most popular year
1999
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012320002025Highest share 20180.0
Ele in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1999–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 252 as a first name in 2020; 150 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Ele

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Ele, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Emane

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Aryell

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ajalae

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Yaire

“God will teach”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Calle

“a free man”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

English · Modern

Enija

Enija is a feminine given name from English. It is used in Latvian.

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Aislynne

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Ele’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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