ELLE  

Gender: F
Origin: French
Meaning: "she"

Popularity in 2008: #494

Add the charming heroine of the movie Legally Blonde to a supermodel (Elle Macpherson) and to the trend toward all names El-like -- Ellie, Ella, Eleanor -- and you have one hit name.

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Read Nameberry blog posts about Elle:

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