Given name
Ellette
“resembling a little elf”
Ellette is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “resembling a little elf.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “resembling a little elf.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ellette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 5 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 1963. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ellette’s family of names
Ellette has a related form in Eleta. Ellette has a related form in Elet. Ellette has a related form in Elete.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Eletvariant
- Elletvariant
- Eletavariant
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- Ellettavariant
- Eletevariant
- Elettevariant
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