Given name

Ellu

“my God is bountiful”

In Finnish use, Ellu is a diminutive of Elisa. In English use, Elisa carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

In Finnish use, Ellu is a diminutive of Elisa. In English use, Elisa carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Ellu comes from Danish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Finnish usage, Ellu is a diminutive of Elisa. In Estonian usage, Ellu developed from the Danish form Ellen.

Ellu’s family of names

In Finnish usage, Ellu is a diminutive of Elisa. In Estonian usage, Ellu developed from the Danish form Ellen. In Finnish usage, Ellu is a diminutive of Elina.

Walk Ellu’s family in the name graph

ElluElisaElinaEllen

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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Endersen

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Âlît is a feminine given name from Danish. It is used in Greenlandic.

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Aaliit

Aaliit is a feminine given name from Danish. It is used in Greenlandic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Danish

Andrup

Andrup is a surname from Danish.

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Danish · Royal

Helsa

“my God is bountiful” · “God is my oath”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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