Elli

Elli , also Elly , is a female given name .

Origin and meaning

The first name is a common short form of the following variants:

• Eleanor
• Eleonora
• Elisabeth
• Elena
• Elvira
• Elke
• Elrike
• Ellen
• Elisa

Well-known namesake

First name

Elli

• Elli Blarr , first female taxi driver in Germany (since 1929)
• Elli Erl (* 1979), German singer
• Elli Kafka (1889–1942), the eldest sister of the writer Franz Kafka
• Elli Ochowicz (* 1983), American speed skater
• Elli Schmidt (1908–1980), chairwoman of the Democratic Women's Association of Germany in the GDR
• Elli Voigt (1912–1944), German resistance fighter

Elly

• Elly Ameling (* 1933), Dutch singer
• Elly Beinhorn (1907–2007) German aviator
• Elly Heuss-Knapp (1881–1952), wife of the German Federal President Theodor Heuss
• Elly Kramp (1896–1964), German writer, see Albert Bauer (writer)
• Elly Lieber , Austrian winter athlete in the late 1950s
• Elly Linden (1895–1987), German politician
• Elly Ney (1882–1968), German pianist
• Elly Rothwein (1899–1983), Austrian / American educator

Ellie

• Ellie Goulding (* 1986), English pop singer

Elley

• Elley Duhé (* 1992), American singer and songwriter

family name

• Alberto Elli (* 1964), Italian cyclist

stage name

• Elly V (* 1998), Austrian singer

Others

• the German title of an Iranian film, see Everything about Elly
• the name of a minor planet, see (616) Elly
• an Australian television series for children, see Elly and Jools