Ellie

אֱלִי

• Gender: Female
• Origin: Jew-ish
• Meaning: my God

• Ellie started life as a nickname, a breezy shortening of names like Eliana, Elisheva, or Eleanor. But somewhere along the way, it stepped out from behind those longer forms and became a beloved name all on its own. Its Hebrew root, "El," meaning God, gives it genuine spiritual weight even in its most casual, cheerful form.

  Think of it as bottled sunshine — bright, approachable, impossible not to like. It sidesteps the formality of its longer origins while keeping all the Hebrew meaning intact, and it works perfectly for both a four-year-old in pigtails and a forty-year-old running a department. Cheerful, modern and effortlessly Jewish, Ellie just nails it.

• Alternate Spellings: Elly, Elli
• Hebrew Equivalent:
  Elisheva
• Potential Sibling Name:
  Daniella
  ,
  Miri
  ,
  Ari
  ,
  Dean
• Theme: God