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Summary
- No one named Ellie appears in the Bible, and the name has no Hebrew meaning.
- Ellie is an English short form of Eleanor, Ellen, Elizabeth and other names beginning with El.
- Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist (Luke 1:5–60), is the only one of these names in the Bible; it comes from the Hebrew Elisheba, “my God is an oath.”
- Eleanor is usually traced to alia Aenor, “the other Aenor”; Ellen is the medieval English form of Helen.
- The Hebrew name Eli, “ascension,” and the word eli, “my God” (Matthew 27:46), sound like Ellie but are not its source.
- Ellie ranked second for girls in the United Kingdom in 2003 and 24th in the United States in 2025.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Behind the Name, “Ellie,” “Eleanor,” “Ellen (1),” “Helen,” “Elizabeth,” “Eli (1),” “Eli (2)” and “Elijah,” with United States popularity figures from Social Security Administration data. https://www.behindthename.com/name/ellie
- “Elizabeth (biblical figure),” Wikipedia, on her feast days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_(biblical_figure)
- “Helena, mother of Constantine I,” Wikipedia, on her feast days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena,_mother_of_Constantine_I
- Scripture quotations from the English Standard Version: Luke 1:5, 60; 1 Samuel 3:9; Matthew 27:46. References: Luke 1:7, 57–63; Exodus 6:23; 1 Samuel 1:9; Psalm 22:1.
