Given name & surname
Eline
Eline is a feminine given name. It is used in Dutch and Norwegian Nynorsk.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Eline 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 1903. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 390
- 0 boys · 390 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,593 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +29%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,593 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 29.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 605 as a first name in 2020; 412 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.
Eline’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Eline has a related form in Helene. In Danish usage, Eline has a conventional equivalent in the German form Helene. In Dutch usage, Eline has a related form in ELIENE.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Eline has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eline
- Eline BeringsBelgian hurdlerborn 1986
- Eline PowellBelgian actorborn 1990
- Eline TimmermanDutch volleyball playerborn 1998
- Eline RoebersDutch chess playerborn 2006
- Eline Coenebadminton playerborn 1964
- Eline HansenFeminist1859–1919
- Eline JansenDutch speed skater and cyclistborn 2002
- Eline BergerDutch rowerborn 1997
- Eline De Muncksinger, actressborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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