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Ellie

OriginEnglish, diminutive of Eleanor and Ellen
Meaning"bright shining one"
GenderGirl

About Ellie

Variation of Alice

As of September 2026, Ellie ranked #24 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #21 in 2024, Nameberry popularity #142.

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Famous Ellies

  • Eleanor Louise "Ellie" Greenwich

    American songwriter

  • Elena Jane "Ellie" Goulding

    English singer

  • Elizabeth Claire "Ellie" Kemper

    American actress

  • Eleanor Suzanne "Ellie" Daniel

    American Olympic swimmer

  • Ellie Darcey

    Alden, English actress

  • Ellie Haddington

    Scottish actress

  • Ellie Krieger

    American celebrity chef and cookbook author

  • Eleanor May "Ellie" Simmonds

    British Paralympic swimmer

  • Ellie Victoria Cole

    Australian Paralympic swimmer

  • Ellie Lambeti

    Greek actress

  • Ellie Delvaux

    Belgian singer and song writer

  • Ellie Katherine Brush

    Australian soccer and football player

  • Ellie (Griffiths) Mecham

    American vlogger as part of "Ellie and Jared"

  • Ellie Jane Ross

    daughter of actress Sheila Hancock and Alec Ross

  • Ellie Scarborough

    daughter of TV anchor Chuck Scarborough

  • Ellie Bridget Bates (b. 2007)

    16th child (9th daughter) of the reality TV's "Bringing Up Bates" family

  • Ellie Porter (b. 2008)

    daughter of singer Lisa Kelly and dancer Scott Porter

  • Eleanor "Ellie" Kennedy (b. 2015)

    daughter of politician Joseph P. Kennedy III

Ellie in pop culture

  • Ellie Fredricksen

    Carl's wife in Pixar's "Up"

  • Eleanor "Ellie" Nash

    character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"

  • Eleanor Jane "Ellie" Mills

    character on British soap "Hollyoaks"

  • Ellie Linton

    main character in book/movie "Tomorrow, When the War Began"

  • Ellie

    main character in video game "The Last of Us"

  • Ellie Creed

    girl in Stephen King's "Pet Sematary"

  • Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Ewing

    matriarch on TV's "Dallas"

  • Ellen "Ellie" Andrews

    character in movie "It Happened One Night"

  • Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop

    character on TV's "NCIS"

  • Eleanor Faye "Ellie" Bartowski Woodcomb

    character on TV's "Chuck"

  • Ellie Miller

    character on British TV series "Broadchurch"

  • Ellie Langford

    character in Dead Space

  • Ellie Walker

    character on The Andy Griffith Show

  • Ellie Harp

    character on TV's One Tree Hill

  • Ellie Trout

    character on American soap "General Hospital"

  • Ellie Stone mystery series

    by James Ziskin

  • "Ellie Parker

    " 2005 movie and main character

  • Ellie Jackson

    main character in 1984 movie "Ellie"

  • Ellie Stinson

    daughter of Barney on TV's "How I Met Your Mother"

  • Ellie

    mammoth in the Ice Age movies

  • Ellie Bartlet

    daughter on TV's "The West Wing"

  • Ellie Arroway

    main character in book/movie "Contact"

  • Ellie Rebecca Brass

    character on TV's "CSI"

  • Dr. Ellie Sattler

    character in the Jurassic Park series

  • Ellie Torres

    main character on TV's "Cougar Town"

  • Ellie

    character in "The Roar" by Emma Clayton

  • Ellie

    character in video game "Borderlands 2"

  • Ellie Dennis

    character on TV's "Recovery Road"

  • Ellie Peters

    character on TV's "Stuck in the Middle"

  • Ellie Harrison

    character on TV's "Sean Saves the World"

  • Ellie Blake

    character in the 2018 Disney Channel Original Movie/musical "Freaky Friday"

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