Given name & surname
Eller
“from the alder tree”
Eller is a variant of Ellery. One English interpretation is “from the alder tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eller is a variant of Ellery. One English interpretation is “from the alder tree.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eller through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 481
- 0 boys · 481 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 17 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 girls is 5 in 1955. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 160 as a first name in 2020; 12,344 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.
Eller’s family of names
Eller has a related form in Ellery. In Greek usage, Eller as a surname is a transliteration of Έλλερ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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