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 or Elizabeth and Elvira. It can also be a short form of Elena, 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.

Notable people named Ellie

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

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.

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