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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.
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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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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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".
Eleuthera f English (Rare), Late GreekDerived from the Greek adjective ἐλεύθερος
(eleutheros) meaning "free". This is the name of an island in the Bahamas which was originally named
Eleutheria; ἐλευθερία
(eleutheria) means "freedom" in Greek, while ἐλεύθερα
(eleuthera) means "free"... [
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Elevación f South American (Rare)From the Ecuadorian titles of the Virgin Mary,
La Virgen de la Elevación and
Nuestra Señora de la Elevación, meaning "The Virgin of the Elevation" and "Our Lady of the Elevation" respectively.... [
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Elfrun f GermanFrom
ælf meaning "elf" combined with
rún meaning "secret lore".
Elghalia f Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)Means "the expensive (one)" from Arabic غَالِيَّة
(ḡāliyya) meaning "expensive, dear, precious". A known bearer is Elghalia Djimi (1961-), a Sahrawi human rights activist.
Elgiz m & f Azerbaijani, Turkish (Rare)Possibly derived in part from Turkic
el meaning "country, society". This name is masculine in Azerbaijani and feminine in Turkish.
Elgiza f KyrgyzMeans "daughter of the people", derived from Turkic
el meaning "people, country, nation" combined with кыз
(kız) "girl, daughter".
Elgo'zal f UzbekFrom the Uzbek
el meaning "people, nation, country" and
go'zal meaning "beautiful".
Elia f Malayalama diminutive of Eliamma, Elizabeth in Malayalam, used by St. Thomas Christian community
Éliante f TheatreVariant of
Elianthe. The name was used on a character in Molière's play
Le Misanthrope (1666).
Elide f ItalianItalian name of the Ancient Greek region
Elide, in Greek 'Hλις Elis.
Eliella f Eastern AfricanEliella is a feminine name used mainly in the Kirundi language throughout Burundi likely due to the linguistic influences of German & Belgian colonization from the 1890's-1960's.
Elien f DutchDutch form of
Eline, with its spelling phonetical in nature. A known bearer of this name is Elien Meijer (b. 1970), a retired Dutch rower who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney... [
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Elika f EstonianDiminutive of
Eli, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.
Eliko f GeorgianDiminutive of
Elene, which is often used as an independent name rather than as an unofficial nickname.
Elin f ChineseFrom the Chinese
娥 (é) meaning "be beautiful, good" and
霖 (lín) meaning "continuous heavy rain".
Elína f Old NorseOld Norse form of the Christian name
Helen. Elína occurs in 'Landnámabók' (in ch. 63) belonging to a daughter of king Burisláv.
Elínborg f IcelandicCombination of
Elín and the Old Norse name element
borg "stronghold, fortification, castle" or
bjǫrg "help; deliverance".
Elíndís f Icelandic (Modern)Combination of
Elín and the Old Norse name element
dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or
dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".
Elinor f HebrewA combination of the elements
Eli "My god" אלי and
Nor נור "Light", it is also a Hebrew version of the name
Eleanor .
Elira f AlbanianPopularly derived from Albanian
i lirë /
e lirë "to be free", this is more likely a variant of
Ilira. This name goes back to the tribal name of the Illyrians, who are believed to be the forefathers of modern-day Albanians.
Elisala m & f TuvaluanMeaning unknown. This is one of the top names in Tuvalu. Politician Elisala Pita is a well-known bearer.
Elisanna f Medieval FrenchOf uncertain origin and meaning. A current theory considers the name a Romance construction made by truncating
Elizabeth arbitrarily to Elis-, and then augmenting with an arbitrary ending.
Elisav m & f Ancient HebrewVery old and rare Hebrew form of ELIZABETH. ELISHEVA is a more modern form of the same name and usually used for females.
Elisena f LiteratureElisena is the name of a Queen of England in the Spanish chivalric romance
Amadís de Gaula (14th or 15th century).