Given name
Eleri
“having smooth skin”
Eleri is used as a given name. One Welsh interpretation is “having smooth skin.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Welsh interpretation is “having smooth skin.” Its derivation is not certain.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Welsh, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
In Welsh usage, Eleri developed from Hilarius.
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
Eleri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 192
- 0 boys · 192 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −56%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 212 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eleri’s family of names
In Welsh usage, Eleri developed from the Latin form Hilarius. In Welsh usage, Eleri has a conventional equivalent in the French form Hilaire. Eleri has a related form in Elery.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Eleri
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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