Name meaning & stats
Elli
Elli means “light (debated)”. 2,798 US babies since 1940, peak 2014.
What it means
“light (debated)”
Spelling of Ellie
In US birth records
Peak year: 2014
2,798 US babies were named Elli between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Elli (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 40 Ellies spell it Elli
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2014)