Ellie

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

• Elly Akira, Japanese pornographic actress and model
• Ellie Aldridge (born 1996), British sailor
• Ellie as Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Irish sister singer
• Elly Ameling (born 1933), Dutch soprano
• Ellie Anderson (born 2003), English cricketer
• Elly Appel-Vessies (1952–2022), Dutch tennis player
• Ellie Baker (born 1998), British athlete
• Elly Baker, British politician
• Ellie Bamber (born 1997), English actress
• Elly Barnes, English activist
• Ellie Beaven (born 1980), English actress
• Ellie Beer (born 2003), Australian sprinter
• Elly Beinhorn (1907–2007), German pilot
• Ellie Black (born 1995), Canadian artistic gymnast
• Ellie Blackburn (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
• Elly Blanksma-van den Heuvel (born 1959), Dutch politician
• Ellie Boatman (born 1997), English rugby union player
• Ellie Boldman (born 1975), American attorney and politician
• Elly Botbijl (born 1940), Dutch fencer
• Ellie Brazil (born 1999), English association footballer
• Ellie van den Brom (born 1949), Dutch speed skater
• Ellie Brush (born 1988), Australian association footballer
• Elly Bulkin, American writer
• Ellie Cachette (born 1985), American technology executive, activist and author
• Ellie Campbell, British singer
• Ellie Carpenter (born 2000), Australian footballer
• Ellie Challis (born 2004), British Paralympic swimmer
• Ellie Chowns (born 1975), British politician
• Ellie Cohanim (born 1972), American broadcast journalist
• Ellie Cole (born 1991), Australian Paralympic swimmer and wheelchair basketball player
• Elly Cordiviola (1940–2024), Argentine ichthyologist
• Ellie Cornell (born 1963), American actress and movie producer
• Ellie Coster (born 1996), Welsh cyclist
• Ellie Crisell (born 1976), British journalist and television presenter
• Ellie Crowe, author
• Ellie Curson (born 1994), Welsh footballer
• Ellie Dadd (born 2005), English actress
• Elly Dammers (1921–2009), Dutch javelin thrower
• Ellie Daniel (born 1950), American swimmer
• Ellie Darcey-Alden (born 1999), English actress
• Ellie DeGarmo (born 1994), American lacrosse player
• Ellie Dehn, American soprano
• Elly Dekker (born 1943), Dutch physicist and museum curator
• Ellie Diamond (born 1998), Scottish drag performer
• Ellie Dickinson (born 1998), British cyclist
• Ellie Dixon, English musician
• Elly Donald (born 1997), Australian cricketer
• Ellie Downie (born 1999), British artistic gymnast
• Ellie Drennan (born 1998), Australian singer-songwriter, youngest winner of The Voice Australia
• Ellie Dylan (born 1952), executive
• Ellie Emberson, British Labour Party councillor
• Ellie Falconer (born 1999), Australian cricketer
• Ellie Faulkner (born 1993), British swimmer
• Ellie Ga, American artist, writer and performer
• Ellie Gall (born 1996), Australian actress
• Ellie Gavalas (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
• Ellie Goldstein (born 2001), English model and actress
• Ellie Goulding (born 1986), British singer, songwriter and musician
• Ellie Green (born 2001), English rugby union player
• Ellie Greenwich (1940–2009), American pop singer, songwriter and record producer
• Ellie Greenwood (born 1979), British ultramarathon runner
• Elly Griffiths (born 1963), British author
• Elly Gross (1929–2022), Jewish Holocaust survivor and author
• Ellie Guggenheimer (1912–2008), American civic leader, author and philanthropist
• Ellie Haddington (born 1955), Scottish actress
• Elly Hakami (born 1969), American tennis player
• Ellie Hampson (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
• Elly Haney (1931–1999), American feminist theologian and community activist
• Ellie Harrison (artist) (born 1979), British artist
• Ellie Harrison (journalist) (born 1977), British journalist and presenter best known for her television wildlife work
• Ellie Harvie (born 1965), Canadian actress
• Elly Henes (born 1998), American athlete
• Elly Heuss-Knapp (1881–1952), German politician, social reformer, author and wife of German president Theodor Heuss
• Ellie Highwood, British climate scientist and academic
• Ellie Hill (born 1975), American politician
• Ellie Hisama, Japanese-American music theorist
• Ellie Holcomb (born 1982), American singer
• Ellie Hulsebosch (born 2007), New Zealand downhill mountain biker
• Elly van Hulst (born 1959), Dutch middle-distance runner
• Elly Hutton (born 1976), Australian sprinter
• Ellie Jackson (1825–1854), first wife of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
• Elly Jackson (born 1988), British singer, songwriter and the sole member of La Roux, a former synthpop duo
• Elly Jannes (1907–2006), Swedish writer and journalist
• Ellie Jean (born 1997), American soccer player
• Ellie Johnston (rugby league) (born 2000), Australian rugby league footballer
• Ellie Johnston (cricketer) (born 2003), Australian cricketer
• Ellie Jokar (born 1980), Danish rapper, comedian and actress sometimes credited as simply "Ellie"
• Ellie Junod (born 1993), Australian basketball player
• Ellie Kam (born 2004), American figure skater
• Ellie Kanner, American film and television director
• Ellie Karvoski, American rugby union player
• Ellie Kemper (born 1980), American actress, comedian and writer
• Ellie Kendrick (born 1990), British actress
• Ellie Kildunne (born 1999), English rugby union player
• Ellie Kinnaird (born 1931), North Carolina politician
• Ellie Kisyombe (born 1977), Malawian chef and human rights activist
• Elly Kjølstad (1850–1930), Norwegian stage actress
• Ellie Kleinheinz (born 2007), American Luger and three-time United States national championship
• Elli Kokkinou (born 1970), Greek singer
• Elly Koot (born 1943), Dutch model, Miss Europe 1964
• Elly Kouwenhoven (born 1949), Dutch author and politician
• Ellie Koyander (born 1991), British freestyle skier
• Ellie Krieger (born 1965), American nutritionist, author and host of the television show Healthy Appetite
• Elly Lam (born 1989), Hong Kong actress
• Ellie Lambeti (1926–1983), Greek actress
• Ellie Leach (born 2001), English actress
• Ellie Leather (born 1998), British runner
• Ellie Leek (born 1995), Welsh professional footballer
• Ellie Levenson (born 1978), British journalist and author
• Elly Lieber (1932–2020), Austrian luger, 1959 world champion
• Ellie Lust (born 1966), Dutch television presenter
• Ellie MacDowall, Scottish actress
• Ellie Mason (born 1996), Northern Irish footballer
• Ellie Mathews (born 1945), American author
• Elly Mayday (1988–2019), Canadian model
• Elly Mazlein (born 1980), Malaysian female singer, actress, host, comedian and radio presenter
• Ellie McCartney (born 2005), Irish swimmer
• Ellie McKenzie (born 2002), Australian rules footballer
• Ellie Miles (born 1999), English rugby union player
• Ellie Moon, Canadian-British actress, playwright and screenwriter
• Elly Nedivi, American neuroscientist
• Ellie Nesler (1952–2008), American vigilante
• Ellie Newton (1899–2003), Canadian traveler, poet and philanthropist
• Elly Ney (1882–1968), German romantic pianist
• Elly Niland, Guyanese writer
• Ellie Nunn, British actress
• Elly Nurachmah (born 1948), Indonesian nurse and university administrator
• Ellie Ochowicz (born 1983), American speed skater
• Ellie Pashley (born 1988), Australian long-distance runner
• Elly M. Peterson (1914–2008), American politician
• Elly Plooij-van Gorsel (born 1947), Dutch politician
• Ellie Posadas, Canadian actor
• Elly Pourasef, Iranian-American audiologist
• Ellie Price (born 1983), British television political journalist
• Ellie Rayer (born 1996), English ice hockey player
• Ellie Reed (born 1988), American actress
• Ellie Reeves (born 1980), British politician
• Ellie Robinson (born 2001), English Paralympic swimmer
• Ellie Roebuck (born 1991), English association footballer
• Ellie Rowsell (born 1992), English singer and musician
• Ellie Sanford (born 1997), Australian athlete
• Elly Schlein (born 1985), Italian politician
• Elly Schwab-Agallidis (1914–2006), Greek physicist
• Ellie Scotney (born 1998), English boxer
• Ellie Scott (born 2006), Northern Irish footballer
• Ellie Shaw (born 2008), Antiguan swimmer
• Ellie Simmonds (born 1994), British Paralympic swimmer
• Ellie Soutter (2000–2018), British snowboarder
• Elli Stai (born 1954), Greek journalist and TV presenter
• Ellie Stewart (born 1996), English footballer
• Ellie Stokes (born 2003), American-born Saint Kitts and Nevis footballer
• Ellie Stone (born 2001), British cyclist
• Elly Stone (1927–2020), American singer and actress
• Elly Tanaka (born 1965), American biochemist
• Ellie Taylor (born 1983), English comedian
• Ellie Tesher, Canadian journalist
• Elly Vilhjálms (1935–1995), Icelandic singer
• Elly de Waard (born 1940), Dutch poet
• Ellie Walbruch (born 2004), American soccer player
• Ellie Watton (born 1989), British field hockey player
• Ellie Wheeler (born 2001), American soccer player
• Ellie White (born 1989), English actress
• Ellie White (musician), Romanian singer
• Ellie Whiteaker, Australian politician
• Ellie Wilson (born 1997), English footballer
• Elly Winter (1898–1987), German communist and political activist
• Elly Yunara (1923–1992), Indonesian actress

Men

• Elly (dancer) (born 1987), Japanese dancer and rapper
• Ellie Allen (1880–1966), Irish rugby union player
• Elly De La Cruz (born 2002), Dominican Major League Baseball infielder
• Ellie Diamond (born 1998), Scottish drag performer
• Ellie Fredericks (1904–1993), American cinematographer
• Elly Gotz (born 1928), Lithuanian born, Holocaust survivor, educator and author
• Ellie Hendricks (1940–2005), American Major League Baseball catcher and coach
• Ellie Howard (1929–1980), American baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball
• Elly Idris (born 1962), Indonesian football coach and former player
• Elly Ilias (born 1984), Malaysian motorcycle racer
• Elly Kadoorie (1867–1944), Jewish businessman and philanthropist in China and Hong Kong
• Elly Katunguka (born 1955), Ugandan veterinarian and academic administrator
• Elly Kayanja (born 1959), Ugandan brigadier
• Elly Kenner (born 1948), Israeli film editor, director and producer
• Elly Kitamireke (born 1931), Ugandan field hockey player
• Elly Kleinman (born 1952), American business executive and philanthropist
• Elly Lefort (born 1987), French and Monegasque bobsledder
• Ellie Mannette (1927–2018), Trinidadian musical instrument maker
• Elly Ochola (born 1983), Kenyan boxer
• Elly Ollarves (born 1981), Venezuelan sprinter
• Elly Pamatong (1943–2021), Filipino lawyer and politician
• Ellie Pringle (1910–1990), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Elly Randriamampionona (born 1997), Malagasy basketball player
• Ellie Rodríguez (born 1946), Puerto Rican Major League Baseball catcher
• Elly Rono (born 1970), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Elly Rous, English football manager
• Elly Sabiiti, Ugandan professor
• Ellie Salkow (1953–2021), South African entrepreneur
• Elly Savatia (born 2001), Kenyan entrepreneur and innovator
• Ellie G. Shuler Jr. (1936–2024), United States Air Force lieutenant general
• Elly Tumwine (1954–2022), Ugandan general and politician
• Elly Wamala (1935–2004), Ugandan musician

Fictional characters

• Elli, a character and bachelorette in the Story of Seasons video game franchise
• Ellie, a character in Greek mythology who figured prominently in the story of Jason and the Argonauts
• Ellegaard, a supporting character in Minecraft Story Mode (Referred to as Ellie for short)
• Ellie Arroway, the main character in Carl Sagan's science fiction novel Contact and the film based on it
• Eleanor Bartlet, the middle daughter of President Jed Bartlet on the television show The West Wing
• Elle Bishop, a character in American television series Heroes
• Ellie Rebecca Brass, on the American crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Elly May Clampett, a main character in the American television series The Beverly Hillbillies
• Eleanor Elly Conway, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Ellie Craft, a.k.a. Onpu Segawa, in the anime series Ojamajo Doremi
• Eleanor Miss Ellie Ewing, on the American soap opera Dallas
• Ellie Fredricksen, in the 2009 Disney-Pixar animated film Up
• Ellie the Octopus, in Pajanimals
• Elly the Elephant, in Pocoyo
• Ellie, the protagonist of the cartoon Blender short film Sprite Fright and Leaf of Life.
• Ellie Linton, the protagonist of the novel Tomorrow When the War Began
• Ellie Miller, a main character on the television crime drama Broadchurch
• Eleanor Ellie Mills, on the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Ellie Nash, in the Canadian television drama Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Ellie Riggs, the protagonist of the American sitcom Watching Ellie, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus
• Dr. Ellie Sattler, in Jurassic Park
• Ellie Torres, a main character on the American television comedy Cougar Town
• Elly Van Houten, in the Xenogears video game
• Elinor "Ellie" Walker, from the 1960s television series The Andy Griffith Show
• Ellie Woodcomb, on the American series Chuck
• Ellie, a ghost in Elly & Jools, an Australian children's television series
• Ellie (The Last of Us), a main character from the video game The Last of Us
• Ellie Appleton, a character from the 2019 film Yesterday
• Ellie Phillips, a character from the video game Lego City Undercover
• Elektra "Ellie" Natchios, a character from the Marvel television series Daredevil
• Ellie, a character from the 2025 action thriller film Havoc, played by Jessie Mei Li
• Ellie, a character from the Ice Age franchise
• Ellie the Elephant, mascot for the WNBA basketball team the NY Liberty
• Ellie the Elephant, a fictional African elephant, originated in the Donkey Kong Country 3 video game

See also

• Elle (disambiguation)
• Elli (disambiguation)
• Elly (disambiguation)
• Elie Rous (1909–?), English football manager, primarily in France
• Elie Wiesel (1928–2016), Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor.