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No, I don't think Ellie should be only a nickname, but maybe it's because I live in a country where "nicknamey" names are pretty popular, and I hate overly formal names. I know also two girls named Elli, the Finnish variant of Ellie, so I can see it well as a full name. :)

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For any nickname altrenatives, I would try search *el*, "feminine names", "find only English names". :)
http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=*el*&name=yes&gender=f&usage=eng&operator=or
Or:
El*, feminine, "find English names only"
http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=el*&name=yes&gender=f&usage=eng&operator=or
The same search as above, but not only English names:
http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=el*&name=yes&gender=f&usage=&operator=or