Ellie or Elly is a given name. It is often short for Elizabeth, Eleanor, Elvira, Elaine, Elena, Eliora / Eliorah, Michelle, Elnaz, Amelia, Elham, Elaheh, Eliana, Eloise, Emelia, Elisa, Ellisha, Elisha, Elesha, Shelly, Eleni, Petronella, Eleazer, Elliot, Ellis, Eliseo, Elishama, Elrod, Elron, or Elston. In Greek mythology, Ellie (Helle) was the daughter of Athamas and Nephele; sister of Phrixus.
Notable people with the name include:
Women
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Elly Akira, Japanese pornographic actress and model
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Ellie Aldridge (born 1996), British sailor
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Ellie as Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Irish sister singer
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Elly Ameling (born 1933), Dutch soprano
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Ellie Anderson (born 2003), English cricketer
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Elly Appel-Vessies (1952–2022), Dutch tennis player
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Ellie Baker (born 1998), British athlete
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Elly Baker, British politician
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Ellie Bamber (born 1997), English actress
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Elly Barnes, English activist
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Ellie Beaven (born 1980), English actress
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Ellie Beer (born 2003), Australian sprinter
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Elly Beinhorn (1907–2007), German pilot
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Ellie Black (born 1995), Canadian artistic gymnast
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Ellie Blackburn (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
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Elly Blanksma-van den Heuvel (born 1959), Dutch politician
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Ellie Boatman (born 1997), English rugby union player
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Ellie Boldman (born 1975), American attorney and politician
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Elly Botbijl (born 1940), Dutch fencer
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Ellie Brazil (born 1999), English association footballer
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Ellie van den Brom (born 1949), Dutch speed skater
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Ellie Brush (born 1988), Australian association footballer
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Elly Bulkin, American writer
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Ellie Cachette (born 1985), American technology executive, activist and author
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Ellie Campbell, British singer
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Ellie Carpenter (born 2000), Australian footballer
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Ellie Challis (born 2004), British Paralympic swimmer
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Ellie Chowns (born 1975), British politician
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Ellie Cohanim (born 1972), American broadcast journalist
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Ellie Cole (born 1991), Australian Paralympic swimmer and wheelchair basketball player
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Elly Cordiviola (1940–2024), Argentine ichthyologist
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Ellie Cornell (born 1963), American actress and movie producer
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Ellie Coster (born 1996), Welsh cyclist
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Ellie Crisell (born 1976), British journalist and television presenter
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Ellie Crowe, author
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Ellie Curson (born 1994), Welsh footballer
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Ellie Dadd (born 2005), English actress
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Elly Dammers (1921–2009), Dutch javelin thrower
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Ellie Daniel (born 1950), American swimmer
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Ellie Darcey-Alden (born 1999), English actress
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Ellie DeGarmo (born 1994), American lacrosse player
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Ellie Dehn, American soprano
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Elly Dekker (born 1943), Dutch physicist and museum curator
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Ellie Diamond (born 1998), Scottish drag performer
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Ellie Dickinson (born 1998), British cyclist
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Ellie Dixon, English musician
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Elly Donald (born 1997), Australian cricketer
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Ellie Downie (born 1999), British artistic gymnast
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Ellie Drennan (born 1998), Australian singer-songwriter, youngest winner of The Voice Australia
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Ellie Dylan (born 1952), executive
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Ellie Emberson, British Labour Party councillor
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Ellie Falconer (born 1999), Australian cricketer
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Ellie Faulkner (born 1993), British swimmer
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Ellie Ga, American artist, writer and performer
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Ellie Gall (born 1996), Australian actress
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Ellie Gavalas (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
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Ellie Goldstein (born 2001), English model and actress
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Ellie Goulding (born 1986), British singer, songwriter and musician
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Ellie Green (born 2001), English rugby union player
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Ellie Greenwich (1940–2009), American pop singer, songwriter and record producer
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Ellie Greenwood (born 1979), British ultramarathon runner
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Elly Griffiths (born 1963), British author
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Elly Gross (1929–2022), Jewish Holocaust survivor and author
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Ellie Guggenheimer (1912–2008), American civic leader, author and philanthropist
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Ellie Haddington (born 1955), Scottish actress
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Elly Hakami (born 1969), American tennis player
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Ellie Hampson (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
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Elly Haney (1931–1999), American feminist theologian and community activist
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Ellie Harrison (artist) (born 1979), British artist
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Ellie Harrison (journalist) (born 1977), British journalist and presenter best known for her television wildlife work
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Ellie Harvie (born 1965), Canadian actress
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Elly Henes (born 1998), American athlete
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Elly Heuss-Knapp (1881–1952), German politician, social reformer, author and wife of German president Theodor Heuss
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Ellie Highwood, British climate scientist and academic
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Ellie Hill (born 1975), American politician
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Ellie Hisama, Japanese-American music theorist
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Ellie Holcomb (born 1982), American singer
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Ellie Hulsebosch (born 2007), New Zealand downhill mountain biker
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Elly van Hulst (born 1959), Dutch middle-distance runner
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Elly Hutton (born 1976), Australian sprinter
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Elinor Jackson (1825–1854), first wife of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
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Elly Jackson (born 1988), British singer, songwriter and the sole member of La Roux, a former synthpop duo
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Elly Jannes (1907–2006), Swedish writer and journalist
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Ellie Jean (born 1997), American soccer player
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Ellie Johnston (rugby league) (born 2000), Australian rugby league footballer
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Ellie Johnston (cricketer) (born 2003), Australian cricketer
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(born 1980), Danish rapper, comedian and actress sometimes credited as simply "Ellie"
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Ellie Junod (born 1993), Australian basketball player
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Ellie Kam (born 2004), American figure skater
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Ellie Kanner, American film and television director
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Ellie Karvoski, American rugby union player
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Ellie Kemper (born 1980), American actress, comedian and writer
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Ellie Kendrick (born 1990), British actress
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Ellie Kildunne (born 1999), English rugby union player
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Eleanor Kinnaird (born 1931), North Carolina politician
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Ellie Kisyombe (born 1977), Malawian chef and human rights activist
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Elly Kjølstad (1850–1930), Norwegian stage actress
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Elli Kokkinou (born 1970), Greek singer
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Elly Koot (born 1943), Dutch model, Miss Europe 1964
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Elly Kouwenhoven (born 1949), Dutch author and politician
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Ellie Koyander (born 1991), British freestyle skier
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Ellie Krieger (born 1965), American nutritionist, author and host of the television show Healthy Appetite
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Elly Lam (born 1989), Hong Kong actress
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Ellie Lambeti (1926–1983), Greek actress
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Ellie Leach (born 2001), English actress
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Ellie Leather (born 1998), British runner
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Ellie Leek (born 1995), Welsh professional footballer
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Ellie Levenson (born 1978), British journalist and author
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Elly Lieber (1932–2020), Austrian luger, 1959 world champion
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Ellie Lust (born 1966), Dutch television presenter
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Ellie MacDowall, Scottish actress
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Ellie Mason (born 1996), Northern Irish footballer
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Ellie Mathews (born 1945), American author
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Elly Mayday (1988–2019), Canadian model
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Elly Mazlein (born 1980), Malaysian female singer, actress, host, comedian and radio presenter
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Ellie McCartney (born 2005), Irish swimmer
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Ellie McKenzie (born 2002), Australian rules footballer
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Ellie Miles (born 1999), English rugby union player
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Ellie Moon, Canadian-British actress, playwright and screenwriter
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Elly Nedivi, American neuroscientist
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Ellie Nesler (1952–2008), American vigilante
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Ellie Newton (1899–2003), Canadian traveler, poet and philanthropist
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Elly Ney (1882–1968), German romantic pianist
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Elly Niland, Guyanese writer
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Ellie Nunn, British actress
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Elly Nurachmah (born 1948), Indonesian nurse and university administrator
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Ellie Ochowicz (born 1983), American speed skater
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Ellie Pashley (born 1988), Australian long-distance runner
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Elly M. Peterson (1914–2008), American politician
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Elly Plooij-van Gorsel (born 1947), Dutch politician
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Ellie Posadas, Canadian actor
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Elly Pourasef, Iranian-American audiologist
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Ellie Price (born 1983), British television political journalist
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Ellie Rayer (born 1996), English ice hockey player
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Ellie Reed (born 1988), American actress
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Ellie Reeves (born 1980), British politician
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Ellie Robinson (born 2001), English Paralympic swimmer
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Ellie Roebuck (born 1991), English association footballer
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Ellie Rowsell (born 1992), English singer and musician
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Ellie Sanford (born 1997), Australian athlete
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Elly Schlein (born 1985), Italian politician
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Elly Schwab-Agallidis (1914–2006), Greek physicist
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Ellie Scotney (born 1998), English boxer
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Ellie Scott (born 2006), Northern Irish footballer
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Ellie Simmonds (born 1994), British Paralympic swimmer
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Ellie Soutter (2000–2018), British snowboarder
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Elli Stai (born 1954), Greek journalist and TV presenter
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Ellie Stewart (born 1996), English footballer
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Ellie Stokes (born 2003), American-born Saint Kitts and Nevis footballer
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Ellie Stone (born 2001), British cyclist
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Elly Stone (1927–2020), American singer and actress
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Elly Tanaka (born 1965), American biochemist
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Ellie Taylor (born 1983), English comedian
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Ellie Tesher, Canadian journalist
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Elly Vilhjálms (1935–1995), Icelandic singer
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Elly de Waard (born 1940), Dutch poet
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Ellie Walbruch (born 2004), American soccer player
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Ellie Watton (born 1989), British field hockey player
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Ellie Wheeler (born 2001), American soccer player
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Ellie White (born 1989), English actress
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Ellie White (musician), Romanian singer
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Ellie Whiteaker, Australian politician
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Ellie Wilson (born 1997), English footballer
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Elly Winter (1898–1987), German communist and political activist
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Elly Yunara (1923–1992), Indonesian actress
Men
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Elly (dancer) (born 1987), Japanese dancer and rapper
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Ellie Allen (1880–1966), Irish rugby union player
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Elly De La Cruz (born 2002), Dominican Major League Baseball infielder
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Ellie Diamond (born 1998), Scottish drag performer
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Ellie Fredericks (1904–1993), American cinematographer
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Ellie Hendricks (1940–2005), American Major League Baseball catcher and coach
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Ellie Howard (1929–1980), American baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball
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Elly Idris (born 1962), Indonesian football coach and former player
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Elly Ilias (born 1984), Malaysian motorcycle racer
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Elly Kadoorie (1867–1944), Jewish businessman and philanthropist in China and Hong Kong
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Elly Katunguka (born 1955), Ugandan veterinarian and academic administrator
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Elly Kayanja (born 1959), Ugandan brigadier
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Elly Kenner (born 1948), Israeli film editor, director and producer
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Elly Kitamireke (born 1931), Ugandan field hockey player
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Elly Kleinman (born 1952), American business executive and philanthropist
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Elly Lefort (born 1987), French and Monegasque bobsledder
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Ellie Mannette (1927–2018), Trinidadian musical instrument maker
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Elly Ochola (born 1983), Kenyan boxer
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Elly Ollarves (born 1981), Venezuelan sprinter
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Elly Pamatong (1943–2021), Filipino lawyer and politician
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Ellie Pringle (1910–1990), Canadian professional ice hockey player
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Elly Randriamampionona (born 1997), Malagasy basketball player
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Ellie Rodríguez (born 1946), Puerto Rican Major League Baseball catcher
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Elly Rono (born 1970), Kenyan long-distance runner
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Elly Rous, English football manager
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Elly Sabiiti, Ugandan professor
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Elliot Salkow (1953–2021), South African entrepreneur
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Elly Savatia (born 2001), Kenyan entrepreneur and innovator
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Ellie G. Shuler Jr. (1936–2024), United States Air Force lieutenant general
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Elly Tumwine (1954–2022), Ugandan general and politician
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Elly Wamala (1935–2004), Ugandan musician
Fictional characters
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Elli, a character and bachelorette in the Story of Seasons video game franchise
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Ellie, a character in Greek mythology who figured prominently in the story of Jason and the Argonauts
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Ellegaard, a supporting character in Minecraft Story Mode (Referred to as Ellie for short)
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Ellie Arroway, the main character in Carl Sagan's science fiction novel Contact and the film based on it
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Eleanor Bartlet, the middle daughter of President Jed Bartlet on the television show The West Wing
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Elle Bishop, a character in American television series Heroes
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Ellie Rebecca Brass, on the American crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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Elly May Clampett, a main character in the American television series The Beverly Hillbillies
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Eleanor Elly Conway, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
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Ellie Craft, a.k.a. Onpu Segawa, in the anime series Ojamajo Doremi
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Eleanor Miss Ellie Ewing, on the American soap opera Dallas
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Ellie Fredricksen, in the 2009 Disney-Pixar animated film Up
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Ellie the Octopus, in Pajanimals
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Elly the Elephant, in Pocoyo
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Ellie, the protagonist of the cartoon Blender short film Sprite Fright and Leaf of Life.
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Ellie Linton, the protagonist of the novel Tomorrow When the War Began
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Ellie Miller, a main character on the television crime drama Broadchurch
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Eleanor Ellie Mills, on the British soap opera Hollyoaks
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Ellie Nash, in the Canadian television drama
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Ellie Riggs, the protagonist of the American sitcom Watching Ellie, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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Dr. Ellie Sattler, in Jurassic Park
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Ellie Torres, a main character on the American television comedy Cougar Town
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Elly Van Houten, in the Xenogears video game
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Elinor "Ellie" Walker, from the 1960s television series The Andy Griffith Show
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Ellie Woodcomb, on the American series Chuck
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Ellie, a ghost in Elly & Jools, an Australian children's television series
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Ellie ( The Last of Us), a main character from the video game The Last of Us
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Ellie Appleton, a character from the 2019 film Yesterday
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Ellie Phillips, a character from the video game Lego City Undercover
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Elektra "Ellie" Natchios, a character from the Marvel television series Daredevil
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Ellie, a character from the 2025 action thriller film Havoc, played by Jessie Mei Li
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Ellie, a character from the Ice Age franchise
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Ellie the Elephant, mascot for the WNBA basketball team the NY Liberty
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Ellie the Elephant, a fictional African elephant, originated in the video game
See also
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Elle (disambiguation)
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Elli (disambiguation)
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Elly (disambiguation)
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Elie Rous (1909–?), English football manager, primarily in France
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Elie Wiesel (1928–2016), Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor.