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My God is an oath, in the Elizabeth-derived tradition.
The exact Ellie entry explicitly lists Elizabeth among several parent names. Elizabeth supplies this Hebrew name gloss. Eleanor, Elena, and the separately documented male Elliot/Elliott routes are not assigned this interpretation.
English short-form naming tradition.
The exact entry independently corroborates the English origin label for the diminutive. Modern standalone use does not require a longer legal name.
/ˈɛli/
One recorded US English CMUdict reading, approximately EL-ee, with stress on the first syllable. The complete dictionary reading was cross-checked against the -ɛli rhyme in the exact English personal-name entry; preferred readings can differ. Original ARPABET: EH1 L IY0.
Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
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| Canada | 2025 | Girls | 677 · preliminary | 16 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Girls | 580 (rounded to 5) | 83 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Boys | 5 (rounded to 5) | 4972 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Girls | 410 | 119 | Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| Northern Ireland | 2025 | Girls | 57 | 21 | Two rank discrepancies and alternate-view differences retained. Automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2025 | Girls | 85 | 48 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2025 | Girls | 193 | 15 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 6,176 | 24 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2024 | Boys | 5 | 12349 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact English entry documents given-name use. This is separate from linguistic origin, nationality and ancestry; no English pronunciation is inferred where the entry gives no IPA. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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The exact Ellie entry explicitly lists Elizabeth among several parent names. Elizabeth supplies this Hebrew name gloss. Eleanor, Elena, and the separately documented male Elliot/Elliott routes are not assigned this interpretation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Ellie, Elizabeth entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Ellie&oldid=91819783; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth&oldid=93542456. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The scholarly entry explains the formation rather than supplying one universal literal translation. It documents English short-form use connected to Eleonora, Elisabeth and Ellen. Other independently reviewed longer-name connections remain preserved. Credit: Eva Brylla and Katharina Leibring, Förnamn i Sverige – kortfattat namnlexikon, second edition (Institutet för språk och folkminnen, 2026), printed page 129. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; copyright remains with Charlotta Seiler Brylla, Katharina Leibring and Isof. No source prose, image or audio reproduced.
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The exact English entry explicitly documents Ellie as a diminutive of Eleanor. This is an optional longer-name connection, not a rule about identity or an automatic transfer of meaning or pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The exact English entry explicitly documents Ellie as a diminutive of Elena. This is an optional longer-name connection, not a rule about identity or an automatic transfer of meaning or pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The scholarly entry explicitly documents Ellie as an English short form connected to Eleonora. This is an optional naming route and does not assign a bearer that full name or its meaning. Credit: Eva Brylla and Katharina Leibring, Förnamn i Sverige – kortfattat namnlexikon, second edition (Institutet för språk och folkminnen, 2026), printed page 129. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; copyright remains with Charlotta Seiler Brylla, Katharina Leibring and Isof. No source prose, image or audio reproduced.
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The exact East Central German entry documents Ellie as an Elfriede diminutive in Erzgebirgisch. This regional relationship is separate from English Eleanor/Elizabeth/Elena or Elliot traditions. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Ellie entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Ellie&oldid=91819783. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The exact English entry explicitly documents Ellie as a diminutive of Elizabeth. This is an optional longer-name connection, not a rule about identity or an automatic transfer of meaning or pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The scholarly entry explicitly documents Ellie as an English short form connected to Ellen. This is an optional naming route and does not assign a bearer that full name or its meaning. Credit: Eva Brylla and Katharina Leibring, Förnamn i Sverige – kortfattat namnlexikon, second edition (Institutet för språk och folkminnen, 2026), printed page 129. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; copyright remains with Charlotta Seiler Brylla, Katharina Leibring and Isof. No source prose, image or audio reproduced.
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The exact English entry explicitly documents Ellie as a diminutive of Elliot. This is an optional longer-name connection, not a rule about identity or an automatic transfer of meaning or pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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The exact English entry explicitly documents Ellie as a diminutive of Elliott. This is an optional longer-name connection, not a rule about identity or an automatic transfer of meaning or pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The exact entry independently corroborates the English origin label for the diminutive. Modern standalone use does not require a longer legal name. Credit: Eva Brylla and Katharina Leibring, Förnamn i Sverige – kortfattat namnlexikon, second edition (Institutet för språk och folkminnen, 2026), printed page 129. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; copyright remains with Charlotta Seiler Brylla, Katharina Leibring and Isof. No source prose, image or audio reproduced.
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One recorded US English CMUdict reading, approximately EL-ee, with stress on the first syllable. The complete dictionary reading was cross-checked against the -ɛli rhyme in the exact English personal-name entry; preferred readings can differ. Original ARPABET: EH1 L IY0. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University and CMUdict contributors; Wiktionary contributors for the English-name and rhyme cross-check. Sources: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmusphinx/cmudict/74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690/cmudict.dict; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Ellie&oldid=91819783. License: CMUdict BSD-style license (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmusphinx/cmudict/74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690/LICENSE); Wiktionary-derived material CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names converted the exact ARPABET entry to broad IPA and an approximate guide, and counted its vowel phonemes. The CMUdict copyright and license notice is retained in Sources & notes. No audio reused.
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University and CMUdict contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: selected exact-spelling dictionary readings converted from ARPABET to broad IPA, with qualified syllable counts. CMUdict does not identify a bearer’s preferred pronunciation or name tradition.
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The licensed Ellen connection receives direct corroboration, and the entry also records Eleonora and Elisabeth. Existing Wiktionary longer-name relationships remain intact. Credit: Eva Brylla and Katharina Leibring, Förnamn i Sverige – kortfattat namnlexikon, second edition (Institutet för språk och folkminnen, 2026), printed page 129. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; copyright remains with Charlotta Seiler Brylla, Katharina Leibring and Isof. No source prose, image or audio reproduced.
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The entry explicitly identifies Eleanor, Elizabeth, Elena, Elliot and Elliott. Its rhyme label is not used to invent an IPA or syllable count; the licensed Ellen connection is not adjudicated by this batch. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Two vowel phonemes occur in EH1 L IY0. The count applies to this dictionary reading, not every language or personal preference. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University and CMUdict contributors; Wiktionary contributors for the English-name and rhyme cross-check. Sources: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmusphinx/cmudict/74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690/cmudict.dict; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Ellie&oldid=91819783. License: CMUdict BSD-style license (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmusphinx/cmudict/74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690/LICENSE); Wiktionary-derived material CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names converted the exact ARPABET entry to broad IPA and an approximate guide, and counted its vowel phonemes. The CMUdict copyright and license notice is retained in Sources & notes. No audio reused.
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University and CMUdict contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: selected exact-spelling dictionary readings converted from ARPABET to broad IPA, with qualified syllable counts. CMUdict does not identify a bearer’s preferred pronunciation or name tradition.
Copyright (C) 1993-2015 Carnegie Mellon University. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. The contents of this file are deemed to be source code. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. This work was supported in part by funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation of the United States of America, and by member companies of the Carnegie Mellon Sphinx Speech Consortium. We acknowledge the contributions of many volunteers to the expansion and improvement of this dictionary. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY NOR ITS EMPLOYEES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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The scholarly entry explicitly lists Elly alongside Ellie. Popularity series remain separate, and no English reading is transferred automatically. Credit: Eva Brylla and Katharina Leibring, Förnamn i Sverige – kortfattat namnlexikon, second edition (Institutet för språk och folkminnen, 2026), printed page 129. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; copyright remains with Charlotta Seiler Brylla, Katharina Leibring and Isof. No source prose, image or audio reproduced.
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Attribution: Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
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Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
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Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
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Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
