Given name & surname
Elgie
Elgie is a feminine given name. It is used in East Central German.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In East Central German usage, Elgie is a diminutive of Adelheid.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elgie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,343
- 814 boys · 529 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 44 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 380 as a first name in 2020; 160 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.
Elgie’s family of names
In East Central German usage, Elgie is a diminutive of Adelheid.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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