Elli

Diminutive of Elisabet, Elina (“Helen”) and Eleonoora (“Eleanor”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈelːi/, [ˈe̞lːi]
• Rhymes: -elːi
• Syllabification^(key): El‧li
• Hyphenation^(key): El‧li

Elli

1. a female given name
   • 1840, Kanteletar:1:224 Ellin velli:

     Velli kaatui karsinahan,
     Ellin lapset lakkimahan,
     Elli itse itkemähän,
     muu pere murajamahan.

   • 1971, Kalle Päätalo, Huonemiehen poika, Gummerus, published 1981, →ISBN, page 523:

     —Pirun laillako minä lienen häkeltyny siinä papin eissä niin että menin sanomaan tuon tyttären nimet väärin päin...! Pijin mielessäni, että sanon Edith Elli niin kun oli puhe, mutta enkö jumaliste laukasukki kuulosalle Elli Edith. Helekkari että minua suivauttaa!

     —Did I get so damn stupefied in front of the priest that I said the names the wrong way around...! I reminded myself to say Edith Elli as we had agreed, but god damn I had blurted out Elli Edith. Gosh darn how ticked off I am!

• Elli is the 102^nd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 7,615 female individuals (and as a middle name to 3,008 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Elly

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɛli/

Elli

1. a diminutive of the female given name Elisabeth

Shortened (and phonetically simplified) from Erlendur, Erlingur, Ellert, etc.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlːɪ/ (usually)

  Rhymes: -ɛlːɪ

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtlɪ/ (when derived from Erlendur as pronounced /ˈɛtl(ɛ~ɪ)ntʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɛtlɪ

  Homophone: elli

Elli m (proper noun, genitive singular Ella)

1. diminutive form male given names starting with Erl- or El-, such as Erlendur, Erlingur, Ellert

From elli (“old age”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtlɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛtlɪ

  Homophone: elli

Elli f (proper noun, genitive singular Elli)

1. (Norse mythology) the personification of old age as an old woman, who defeats Thor in a wrestling match