Given name

Elef

Elef is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Old Swedish.

Original Old NorseEileifr

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Elef comes from Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Old Norse Eileifr.

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Elef’s family of names

In Old Swedish usage, Elef continues an earlier form in Eileifr.

Walk Elef’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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

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Ekrene

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Eldjárn

“fire” · “iron”

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Elg

“elk”

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Ellonen

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Old Norse

Ellerby

“farmstead; settlement”

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Sibling ideas

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

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