Message: "Ellike" - Behind the Name

[Facts] Ellike

by Seda* (Sedalyn)

8/23/2004, 5:35 PM

Ellike is female. I assume it is Hungarian or from a nearby place. I got it from I Have Lived A Thousand Years; a book by Livia Bitton-Jackson, a holocaust survivor. This was her birth name. Does anyone know how it is pronounced, the meaing, or what it means?

TIA,
Seda*

#Ellike

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- Miss Claire +1

8/30/2004, 10:26 PM

I'm Jewish and my ancestors came from Central Europe (although not Hungary) so I'll give it a try.
I would prn. Ellike el-ikuh or el-ikeh. "eh" would be like in stEAk. Not like "bEEr" or "fAde". Not "ee" sound at all.

- Seda* (Sedalyn)

8/31/2004, 5:52 PM

thanks!..

*SK*

- Anyechka +2

8/24/2004, 2:49 PM

I've read that book too, and the sequel...it says once in the first book that her real name is Elvira.

- Seda* (Sedalyn)

8/26/2004, 6:49 PM

Ah...I don't remember that. Thanks.

The book was amazing, was it not?
It's high on my favourites.
Very true-to-life and heart felt.

-Seda*

- Narinoc

8/26/2004, 2:10 AM

Well, I guess it's possible to use Elli for all El- names after all... but still, it is used most commoly for Ella

- Narinoc +1

8/24/2004, 5:00 AM

No, no, all guesses are wrong :-)

The name Ella exists in HUngary as well. Elli is the pet form of Ella, plus add -ke, a diminutive suffix, and there you get.. Ellike

- Chrisell (guest)

8/24/2004, 4:56 PM

:-D Oh well, I was close!

- Chrisell (guest) +2

8/23/2004, 5:56 PM

the 'ke' or 'ike' ending is a popular diminutive in many European countries, and I found Evike, Hungarian pet name for Eve or Eva, in the database. I had a quick look but couldn't find an obvious 'ell' name for Ellike to be a nickname of, but BtN's Hungarian names list is by no means exhaustive. So I'd say it's probably a nickname for some Hungarian 'ell' name - possibly roughly equivalent to Ellie in English.

:-)

- Jennifer27 +1

8/23/2004, 6:56 PM

My guess would be a form of Alexandra or Alice. I know Elek is a Hungarian form of Alexander. Maybe it's similar.

- Chrisell (guest)

8/23/2004, 7:15 PM

Elek is actually the Hungarian form of Alexius, roughly equivalent to Alexis or even Alex in English. I couldn't see a feminine alternative, although no doubt there is one. However, the 'ike' ending is clearly a diminutive.

You could be right in that it might be closer, as an equivalent, to "Allie" rather than "Ellie".

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