Ellie

Ellie, or Elly, is a given name, usually feminine. The name stands on its own or can be a shortened form of any of the numerous female names beginning with the syllable El-, in particular Eleanor, Elizabeth, or Elvira. It can also be a short form of Elaine, Elena, Eliora / Eliorah, Michelle, Elnaz, Amelia, Elham, Elaheh, Eliana, Eloise, Emelia, Elisa, Ellisha, Elisha, Elesha, Shelly, Eleni, or Petronella and as a masculine name of Eleazer, Elliot, Elron, or Elston. In Greek mythology, Ellie (Helle) was the daughter of Athamas and Nephele; sister of Phrixus.

Women

 * Elly Ameling (born 1933), Dutch soprano
 * Elly Appel-Vessies (1952–2022), Dutch tennis player
 * Ellie Bamber (born 1997), English actress
 * Ellie Beaven (born 1980), English actress
 * 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
 * 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
 * Ellie Cachette (born 1985), American technology executive, activist and author
 * Ellie Campbell, a British singer
 * Ellie Carpenter (born 2000), Australian footballer
 * Ellie Cole (born 1991), Australian Paralympic swimmer and wheelchair basketball player
 * Ellie Cornell (born 1963), American actress and movie producer
 * 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
 * Elly Dekker (born 1943), Dutch physicist and museum curator
 * Ellie Downie (born 1999), British artistic gymnast
 * Ellie Drennan (born 1998), Australian singer-songwriter, youngest winner of The Voice Australia
 * Ellie Emberson, British Labour Party councillor
 * Ellie Goulding (born 1986), British singer, songwriter and musician
 * 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 (born 1929), Jewish Holocaust survivor and author
 * Ellie Guggenheimer (1912–2008), American civic leader, author and philanthropist
 * Elly Hakami (born 1969), American tennis player
 * 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
 * Elly Heuss-Knapp (1881–1952), German politician, social reformer, author and wife of German president Theodor Heuss
 * Ellie Hill (born 1975), American politician
 * Elly van Hulst (born 1959), Dutch middle-distance runner
 * 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
 * Ellie Jokar (born 1980), Danish rapper, comedian and actress sometimes credited as simply "Ellie"
 * Ellie Kanner, American film and television director
 * Ellie Kawamura (born 1993), American figure skater
 * Ellie Kemper (born 1980), American actress, comedian and writer
 * Ellie Kendrick (born 1990), British actress
 * Ellie Kinnaird (born 1931), North Carolina politician
 * Elli Kokkinou (born 1970), Greek singer
 * Elly Koot (born 1943), Dutch model, Miss Europe 1964
 * Elly Kouwenhoven (born 1949), Dutch author and politician
 * Ellie Krieger (born 1965), American nutritionist, author and host of the television show Healthy Appetite
 * Ellie Lambeti (1926–1983), Greek actress
 * Elly Lieber (1932–2020), Austrian luger, 1959 world champion
 * Elly Ney (1882–1968), German romantic pianist
 * Elly M. Peterson (1914–2008), American politician
 * Ellie Moon, Canadian actor and playwright
 * Elly Plooij-van Gorsel (born 1947), Dutch politician
 * Ellie Roebuck (born 1991), English association footballer
 * Ellie Simmonds (born 1994), British Paralympic swimmer
 * Ellie Soutter (2000–2018), British snowboarder
 * Elli Stai (born 1954), Greek journalist and TV presenter
 * Elly Stone (1927–2020), American singer and actress
 * Ellie Taylor (born 1983/1984), English comedian
 * Elly de Waard (born 1940), Dutch poet
 * Ellie Watton (born 1989), British field hockey player
 * Elly Winter (1898–1987), German communist and political activist
 * Elly Yunara (1923–1992), Indonesian actress

Men

 * Elly De La Cruz (born 2002), Dominican Major League Baseball infielder
 * Elrod Hendricks (1940–2005), American Major League Baseball catcher and coach
 * Elston 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 Kadoorie (1867–1944), Jewish businessman and philanthropist in China and Hong Kong
 * Elly Kayanja (born 1959), Ugandan brigadier
 * 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
 * Ellie Rodríguez (born 1946), Puerto Rican Major League Baseball catcher
 * Elly Rono (born 1970), Kenyan former long-distance runner
 * Ellie G. Shuler Jr. (born 1936), retired United States Air Force lieutenant general
 * Elly Tumwine (1954–2022), Ugandan general and politician
 * Elly Wamala (1935–2004), Ugandan musician
 * Elly (dancer) (born 1987), Japanese dancer

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 Disney–Pixar's 2009 film Up
 * Ellie the Octopus, in Pajanimals
 * Elly the Elephant, in Pocoyo
 * 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 movie Yesterday
 * Ellie Rose, a main supporting character from the point and click video game series Henry Stickmin
 * Ellie Phillips, a character from the video game Lego City Undercover
 * Elektra "Ellie" Natchios, a character from the televisions series Daredevil
 * Ellie, a character from the 2009 film Up
 * Ellie the Elephant, Mascot for the WNBA Basketball team the NY Liberty