Elle

Elle

1. A diminutive of the female given name Eleanor and other names beginning with El. Also given as a name in its own right.

• Le-Le

Elle

1. a female given name, short form of Helena (“Helen”) and Eliisabet

Shortened from Eleonoora and Elisabet after foreign examples.

• IPA^(key): /ˈelːe/, [ˈe̞lːe̞]
• Rhymes: -elːe
• Syllabification^(key): El‧le
• Hyphenation^(key): El‧le

Elle

1. a female given name

• Elle is the 325^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,420 female individuals (and as a middle name to 814 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

From Middle High German elle, from Old High German elina, from Proto-West Germanic *alinu. The form elle is most readily explained as an assimilation of syncopated elne (like müller from earlier mülnære). Alternatively it can also be a backformation from apocopated eln, elen. Cognate with English ell, which compare.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Elle f (genitive Elle, plural Ellen)

1. (anatomy) ulna (bone of the forearm)

   Coordinate term: Speiche

2. (metrology) ell (historic unit of length)

• The length of the ell varied greatly. In German-speaking Europe it was usually between 50 and 60 cm, thus only half of the English ell of 114 cm. Certain German ells measured up to about 90 cm, however.

• Ellbogen, Ellenbogen
• ellenlang

• “Elle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Elle” in Duden online
• “Elle” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Elle” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, Neubearbeitung (A–F).
• “Elle” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Elle on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

From Ancient Greek Ἕλλη (Héllē).

Elle f

1. (Greek mythology) Helle

Short form of Norwegian and Swedish Ellen, or of other names beginning with El-..

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈelːle/

Elˈle

1. a female given name

• Ellá

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland