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Elbey m TurkishHacı İlbegi (14th c.) One of well known commanders in Early Ottoman history. Consists of two elements, el meaning country, nation, folk and beg, meaning lord or sir. Simply means lord of the land.
Elbibi f UzbekFrom the Uzbek
el meaning "people, nation, country" and
bibi meaning "mother, learned woman, authoritative woman".
Elbika f ChechenEither from Proto-Semitic
*ʾil- meaning "deity, god" (see
El or
Allah) or Turkic
el meaning "people, country, nation" (see
Elnur or
Eldar) combined with Turkic
bika meaning "lady, girl, mistress".
Elbira f Medieval Basque, BasqueBasque form of
Elvira. Elbira Zipitria Irastorza (1906–1982) was an innovative Spanish-Basque educator who pioneered home schools as a means of reviving use of the Basque language at a time when it was prohibited.
Elbridge m EnglishA personal name of Teutonic origin, popular in various forms throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, meaning "illustrious."
Elbrus m Azerbaijani, OssetianFrom the name of a dormant volcano in southern Russia, most likely derived from Persian البرز
(Alborz) ultimately from Proto-Iranian
*Harā Bṛzatī meaning "high watch post" or "high guard".
Elbur f & m Popular Culture, LiteratureUsed by the popular British novelist Eleanor Burford (1906-1993) as a pen name, in which case it was formed from a contraction of her birth name, i.e., by combining the initial syllables of Eleanor (
El) and Burford (-
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Elchechak f UzbekFrom the Uzbek
el meaning "people, nation, country" and
chechak meaning "sweet".
Elcid m FilipinoFrom Spanish
El Cid, which is from Arabic السَيِّد
(al-sayyid) meaning "the master, the lord". This was the nickname of
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (1043-1099), an 11th-century Spanish military commander.
Eldacar m LiteratureMeans "elf helmet" in Quenya. This is the name of the twenty-first king of Gondor in Tolkien's legendarium. Eldacar is the son of
Valacar and
Vidumavi... [
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Eldalótë f LiteratureMeans "elven flower" in
Quenya from
elda meaning "elf" and
lótë meaning "flower". It was used by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Eldana f KyrgyzFrom Medieval Turkic
el meaning "country, society" and Persian
دانا (
dana) meaning "wise".
Eldəniz m AzerbaijaniDerived from Turkic
el meaning “people, county, nation” combined with Azerbaijani
dəniz meaning “sea”.
Eldar m & f HebrewMost sources state that this name means "God resides" in Hebrew. This could be correct, as the first element is indeed clearly derived from Hebrew
el meaning "God". However, I can't find any Hebrew verb that means "to reside" and looks physically similar to the second element... [
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Eldari m GeorgianForm of
Eldar with the Georgian nominative suffix -ი
(-i). It is only used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
Eldarion m LiteratureMeans "son of the Eldar" or "son of the Elves". In J.R.R. Tolkien's appendixes within 'The Return of the King', Eldarion is the son of Aragorn and Arwen. He succeeds Aragorn as 'High King' of the two realms his father reunited.
Eldey f IcelandicCombination of the Old Norse name elements
eldr "fire" and
ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element
auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").
Eldin m English (Rare)Variant of
Eldon. This spelling was used for the character 'Eldin Bernecky,' a philosophical painter in the television series 'Murphy Brown' (1988-1998). The role was portrayed by actor
Robert Pastorelli.
Eldino f Georgian (Rare)Meaning as of yet unknown. It might possibly be a Georgian diminutive of a name that starts with
Eld-, since -ინო
(-ino) can be a diminutive suffix in Georgian.
Eldiyar m KyrgyzDerived from Old Turkic
el meaning "country, state, society" (see
Eldar) combined with the Persian noun دیار
(diyar) meaning "country, land" as well as "homeland" (see
Diyar).
Eldlilja f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)Combination of the Old Norse name elements
eldr "fire" and
lilja "lily". This is also the Nordic name of a Chinese lily (flower, Lat. Lilium davidii).
Eldono f UzbekFrom the Uzbek
el meaning "people, nation, country" and
dono meaning "wise".
Eldos m KazakhMeans "friend of the nation" from Turkic
el meaning "country, society" and Kazakh дос
(dos) meaning "friend" (of Persian origin).
Eldrid f NorwegianFrom the Old Norse name
Eldríðr, possibly from the elements
eldr "fire" and
fríðr "beautiful". Alternatively it may have derived from the Old English name
Æðelþryð or the Old High German name
Hildifrid (via Frankish
Eldrit).
Eldrun f Norwegian (Rare)Relatively modern name created by combining the Old Norse name elements
eldr "fire" and
rún "secret".
Eleadah m BiblicalMeaning "God has decked (adorned) himself" Eleadah was one of Ephraim’s descendants mentioned at 1Ch 7:20.
Electryone f Greek MythologyMeaning "rooster" or "amber". The Doric form of Electryone,
Alectrona, is the feminine genitive of Αλεκτορ, Alektor, the Greek word for 'rooster', while Electryone itself is more similar to Ἠλέκτρα,
Elektra, meaning 'amber'... [
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Eleder m BasqueFrom Basque
ele ("word") and
eder ("beautiful"), thus meaning "eloquent". This name was coined by Nikolas Ormatxea (1888-1961) in his poem 'Euskaldunak'.
Eledus m LiteratureThis name appears in the 14th century in the French epic, "Le Roman d'Eledus et Serene".
Elegy m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Elegy or from the word
elegy, early 16th century from French
élégie, or via Latin, from Greek
elegeia, from
elegos ‘mournful poem’.
Eleine f Arthurian CycleThe beautiful, golden-haired daughter of King Pellinore and the Lady of the Rule, Eleine killed herself with the sword of her lover Sir Miles after he was treacherously slain by Loraine le Savage.
Eleisha f EnglishSeemingly an alternative spelling and feminine form of
Elisha, or an alternative spelling of names like
Alicia. Notably used by piano-rock musician Eleisha Eagle.
Elektrifikatsiya f SovietMeans "electrification" in Russian. This name was used by communists in the Soviet Union who wanted to use non-traditional names for their children.
Elem m Soviet, RussianThis name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names. It is usually a combination of the surnames Энгельс (
Engels), Ленин (
Lenin) and Маркс (
Marks), which refer to Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) and Karl Marx (1818-1883)... [
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Elemmírë f & m LiteratureThe name Elemmírë was a Quenya word that meant "star jewel", which comes from the words elen, meaning "star" and mírë, meaning "jewel". The form of the word does not specify gender.... [
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Elemund m GothicElemund (died 548) was king of the Gepids, an East Germanic people, during the first half of the 6th century. He may have been the son of Gunderit, himself son of Ardaric ascended by overthrowing a rival Ardariking branch... [
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Elen f BretonDerived from Old Breton
el- "livestock" and by extension "wealth; treasure", this name has early on been conflated with
Helen whose Breton and Welsh form is also
Elen.
Elenid f WelshPossibly derived from
Elenydd, an area in Wales named after the Elan river. The river itself takes its name from Welsh
elain, "fawn".
Elenwë f LiteratureDerived from Quenya
elen "star" and
wë "person". In 'The Silmarillion' by J. R. R. Tolkien, Elenwë is the wife of
Turgon and the mother of
Idril... [
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Eleos f Greek MythologyFrom Greek ἔλεος
(eleos) meaning "mercy, pity, compassion". In Greek mythology, Eleos was the personification of pity, mercy, clemency and compassion. Her opposite was
Anaideia, the goddess of ruthlessness.
Eleph m English (Puritan)From a place name mentioned briefly in the Old Testament, namely in Joshua 18:28, where the town of Eleph (or
Haeleph in newer translations) near Jerusalem is listed among the lot or inheritance of the Tribe of Benjamin, one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel... [
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Elephantis f Ancient GreekDerived from Greek ἐλέφας
(elephas) meaning "elephant". The name of a Greek poet and physician who was renowned in classical literature, likely not her real name as taking animal names was common at the time... [
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Elephenor m Greek MythologyDerived from the Greek noun ἐλέφας
(elephas) meaning "elephant" as well as "ivory" combined with the Greek noun ἀνήρ
(aner) meaning "man". As such, the meaning of this name is either "elephant of a man" or "man made of ivory", both of which imply a man who is very strong, sturdy and possibly gigantic.... [
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Elerrina f LiteratureSindarin name invented by J.R.R. Tolkien; it is one of the names of the highest mountain in Arda (the Earth). It means: crowned with stars. The other name is Taniquetil. It is mentioned in 'Silmarillion'.
Elessa f Greek (Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)The Holy Martyr Elessa of Kythira was a young woman from the Peloponnese who lived in the latter half of the fourth century. She was martyred by her father who objected to her becoming a Christian. St... [
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Elessar m LiteratureCreated by JRR Tolkien for his
The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. This is the name, meaning
Elfstone, given to Aragorn in Lórien by Galadriel and later adopted by him as King of Gondor.
Elete f Greek MythologyThe name of one of the Horai, goddesses associated with the hours of a day and the months of a year. The name is of unknown etymology but could be related to the word
αλετος (aletos) meaning "grinding" or alternatively
λιτη (lite) meaning "prayer".
Eletta f ItalianItalian form of
Electa, or directly from the Italian vocabulary word meaning "elected, chosen". It belonged to the mother of Petrarch.
Eleuia f & m NahuatlPossibly from the Nahuatl word
elehuia, meaning "to want, to desire".