Elly

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Female Name

Usage

Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Variant form (English) of Ella

Related Names

See Ella

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Ellyjarson

Female

Ellyjardóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Elly
Genitive:	Ellys

- Finnish
Nominative:	Elly
Genitive:	Ellyn
Partitive:	Ellyä

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Elly
Accusative:	Ellyju
Dative:	Ellyju
Genitive:	Ellyjar

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Elly
Genitive:	Ellys

- Swedish
Nominative:	Elly
Genitive:	Ellys

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1853
• Norway:
  • 1853 (Bergen)
  • 1885
• Denmark:
  • 19th century
• Iceland:
  • Officially approved as a given name on 12 August 2011

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1910-1929
• Denmark:
  • 1900-1950
  • 1910-1929
• Norway:
  • 1915-1925

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • Nordjylland
  • Vestjylland
  • Østjylland
  • København
  • Sjælland

Trivia

• Elly is an IKEA product name (tea towel)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		1773	3929	1768	3919	5	10
Denmark		2571	n.a.	2569	n.a.	2	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	297	n.a.	297	0	0
Iceland		4	12	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		0	9	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		488	n.a.	488	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

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