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The Name Begins With The Letter E:
ELIGIA  f  Polish
Feminine form of Eligius (see ELIGIO).

ELIGIO  m  Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of the Late Latin name Eligius, which was derived from Latin eligere "to choose"...

ELIGIUSZ  m  Polish
Polish form of Eligius (see ELIGIO).

ELIHU  m  Biblical
Means "my God is YAHWEH" in Hebrew...

ELIINA  f  Finnish
Finnish form of HELEN

ELIISA  f  Finnish
Finnish short form of ELISABET

ELIISABET  f  Estonian
Estonian form of ELIZABETH

ELIJAH  m  English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name אֱלִיָּהוּ ('Eliyyahu) meaning "my God is YAHWEH"...

ELIKAPEKA  f  Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ELIZABETH

ELIN  f  Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of HELEN

ELINA  f  Finnish
Finnish form of HELEN

ELINOR  f  English
Variant of ELEANOR

ELIOR  m  Jewish
Means "my God is my light" in Hebrew.

ELIORA  f  Jewish
Feminine form of ELIOR

ELIOT  m  English
Variant of ELLIOT...

ELIOTT  m  English
Variant of ELLIOT

ELIPHALET  m  Biblical (Variant)
Variant of ELIPHELET

ELIPHELET  m  Biblical
Means "God is release" in Hebrew...

ELISA  f  English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish
Short form of ELISABETH

ELISABET  f  Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of ELIZABETH

ELISABETA  f  Romanian
Romanian form of ELIZABETH

ELISABETE  f  Portuguese
Portuguese form of ELIZABETH

ÉLISABETH  f  French
French form of ELIZABETH

ELISABETH  f  German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Biblical (Variant)
German and Dutch form of ELIZABETH... 

ELISABETTA  f  Italian
Italian form of ELIZABETH

ELISAVET  f  Greek
Greek form of ELIZABETH

ELISAVETA  f  Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of ELIZABETH

ÉLISE  f  French
French short form of ÉLISABETH

ELISE  f  German, English
Short form of ELIZABETH

ELISEO  m  Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ELISHA

ELISHA  m  Biblical
From the Hebrew name אֱלִישַׁע ('Elisha'), a contracted form of אֱלִישׁוּעַ ('Elishu'a) meaning "my God is salvation"...

ELISHEBA  f  Biblical
Original Hebrew form of ELIZABETH...

ELISHEVA  f  Jewish
Hebrew form of ELIZABETH

ELIŠKA  f  Czech
Czech pet form of ELIZABETH

ELISSA (1)  f  Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown (possibly Phoenician in origin)...

ELISSA (2)  f  English
Short form of ELIZABETH

ELISUD  m  Welsh
Derived from Welsh elus meaning "kind".

ELITA  f  ?
Possibly derived from French élite meaning "chosen".

ELIUD  m  Biblical
Greek form of a Hebrew name meaning "God is grandeur"...

ELIXABETE  f  Basque
Basque form of ELIZABETH

ELIYAHU  m  Jewish
Hebrew form of ELIJAH

ELIZA  f  English
Short form of ELIZABETH

ELIZABETA  f  Slovene
Slovene form of ELIZABETH

ELIZABETH  f  English, Biblical
From Ελισαβετ (Elisabet), the Greek form of the Hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע ('Elisheva') meaning "my God is an oath" or perhaps "my God is abundance"...

ELIZAVETA  f  Russian
Variant transcription of YELIZAVETA

ELJAS  m  Finnish
Finnish form of ELIJAH

ELKAN  m  Yiddish
Yiddish form of ELKANAH

ELKANAH  m  Biblical
Means "God has purchased" in Hebrew...

ELKE (1)  f  Dutch, Frisian
Dutch pet form of ADELHEID

ELKE (2)  f  Jewish
Feminine form of ELKANAH

ELLA  f  English
Short form of Germanic names containing the element ali meaning "other"... 

ELLAR  m  Scottish
Anglicized form of EALLAIR

ELLE  f  English
Short form of ELLEN...

ELLEN  f  English, Dutch
Medieval English form of HELEN...

ELLERY  m & f  English
From a surname which was originally derived from the first name HILARY.

ELLI (1)  f  German
German pet form of ELIZABETH

ELLI (2)  f  Finnish
Finnish pet form of ELEONOORA

ELLIE  f  English
Short form of ELEANOR and other names beginning with El.

ELLIL  m  Near Eastern Mythology
Babylonian form of ENLIL

ELLINOR  f  Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ELEANOR

ELLIOT  m  English
From a medieval Norman surname that derived from the first name ELIAS.

ELLIOTT  m  English
Variant of ELLIOT

ELLIS (1)  m  English
From a surname which was derived from the first name ELIJAH.

ELLIS (2)  m  Welsh
Anglicized form of ELISUD

ELLY  f  English
Variant of ELLIE

ELMA  f  Dutch, German
Short form of WILHELMINE or names ending in elma, such as ANSELMA.

ELMAS  f  Turkish
Means "diamond" in Turkish.

ELMER  m  English
From the Old English name Æðelmær meaning "noble and famous", composed of the elements æðel "noble" and mær "famous"...

ELMIRA  f  English
Variant of ALMIRA

ELMO  m  Italian
Means "helmet" or "protection" from Germanic...

ELNATHAN  m  Biblical
Means "God has given" in Hebrew...

ELNORA  f  English
Contracted form of ELEONORA

ELODIA  f  Spanish
Spanish form of ALODIA

ÉLODIE  f  French
French form of ALODIA

ELOF  m  Swedish
From the Old Norse name Eileifr, which was derived from the elements ei "ever" and leifr "heir".

ELOI  m  French
French form of Eligius (see ELIGIO).

ELOISA  f  Italian, Spanish
Latinate form of ELOISE

ÉLOISE  f  French
French form of ELOISE

ELOISE  f  English
From the Old French Héloïse, which is of unknown meaning...

ELOUISE  f  English
Variant of ELOISE

ELOV  m  Swedish
Variant of ELOF

ELOY  m  Spanish
Spanish form of Eligius (see ELIGIO).

ELPIDA  f  Greek
Feminine form of Elpidios (see ELPIDIUS).

ELPIDIO  m  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ELPIDIUS

ELPIDIUS  m  Late Roman
Late Latin form of the Greek name Ελπιδιος (Elpidios), which was derived from ελπις (elpis) "hope"...

ELPIS  f  Ancient Greek
Means "hope" in Greek.

ELRIC  m  English
From either the Old English name Ælfric meaning "elf ruler" or the Old English name Æðelric meaning "noble ruler"... 

ELROND  m  Literature
Means "star dome" in Sindarin...

ELROY  m  English
Altered form of LEROY

ELS  f  Dutch
Short form of ELISABETH

ELSA  f  English, German, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of ELISABETH

ELSABETH  f  English
Form of ELIZABETH

ELSDON  m  English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "Elli's valley" in Old English.

ELSE  f  Danish, Norwegian, German
Pet form of ELISABETH

ELSIE  f  English
Pet form of ELIZABETH

ELSPET  f  English, Scottish
Short form of ELIZABETH

ELSPETH  f  English, Scottish
Short form of ELIZABETH

ELTON  m  English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Ella's town" in Old English...

ELUF  m  Danish
Danish form of ELOF

ELUNED  f  Welsh
Derived from Welsh eilun "image, idol".

ELVA (1)  f  Irish
Anglicized form of AILBHE

ELVA (2)  f  Swedish, Danish
Feminine form of ALF

ELVIN  m  English
Variant of ALVIN

ELVINA  f  English
Variant of ALVINA

ELVIRA  f  Spanish
Possibly means "all true" from the Gothic element al "all" combined with wer "true".

ELVIRE  f  French
French form of ELVIRA

ELVIS  m  English
Meaning unknown...

ELWIN  m  English
From the Old English name Ælfwine (see ALVIN).

ELWOOD  m  English
From a surname which perhaps means "elf wood" in Old English.

ELWYN  m  English
Variant of ELWIN

ELY  m 
Variant of ELI (1)

ELYSE  f  English
Pet form of ELIZABETH

ELYSIA  f  Various
From Elysium, the name of the realm of the dead in Greek and Roman mythology, which means "blissful".

ELYZABETH  f  English (Modern)
Variant of ELIZABETH

ELŻBIETA  f  Polish
Polish form of ELIZABETH

EM  f  English
Short form of EMILY

EMA  f  Slovene
Slovene form of EMMA

EMALEE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of EMILY

EMÁNUEL  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of EMMANUEL

EMANUEL  m  Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian and German form of EMMANUEL

EMANUELE  m  Italian
Italian form of EMMANUEL

EMEKA  m  Igbo
Means "great deeds" in Igbo...

EMEL  f  Turkish
Means "desire" in Turkish.

EMELIA  f  English
Variant of AMELIA

EMELIE  f  Swedish
Swedish form of EMILY

EMELINA  f  English, Spanish
Feminine form of EMIL

EMELINE  f  French
Feminine form of EMIL

EMELY  f  English
Variant of EMILY

EMEM  m & f  African
Means "peace" in Ibibio.

EMER  f  Irish, Irish Mythology
Possibly from Gaelic eimh "swift"... 

EMERALD  f  English
From the name of the green precious stone, which is the birthstone of May...

EMERIC  m  French
French form of EMMERICH

EMERSON  m & f  English
From a surname meaning "son of EMERY"...

EMERY  m  English
Norman form of Amalric (see EMMERICH)...

EMESE  f  Hungarian
Possibly derived from Finno-Ugric eme meaning "mother"...

EMI  f  Japanese
From Japanese 恵 (e) "blessing, favour" or 絵 (e) "picture" combined with 美 (mi) "beautiful".

EMIDGIA  f  Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Emygdius (see EMIDIO).

EMIDGIO  m  Spanish
Spanish form of Emygdius (see EMIDIO).

EMIDIO  m  Italian
From the Late Latin name Emygdius, which was possibly a Latinized form of a Gaulish name (of unknown meaning)...

EMIL  m  German, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, English
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".

ÉMILE  m  French
French form of Aemilius (see EMIL)...

EMILEE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of EMILY

EMÍLIA  f  Slovak
Slovak feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIA  f  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Scandinavian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIAN  m  Romanian
Romanian form of Aemilianus (see EMILIANO).

EMILIANA  f  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of EMILIANO

EMILIANO  m  Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of the Roman family name Aemilianus, which was itself derived from the family name Aemilius (see EMIL).

ÉMILIE  f  French
French form of EMILY

EMILIE  f  German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of EMILY

ÉMILIEN  m  French
French form of Aemilianus (see EMILIANO).

EMILIJA  f  Lithuanian, Latvian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIO  m  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIYA  f  Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILY  f  English
Medieval feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL)...

EMIN  m  Turkish
Means either "trustworthy" or "confident" in Turkish.

EMINE  f  Turkish
Feminine form of EMIN

EMLYN  m  Welsh
Meaning unknown, perhaps a Breton form of Aemilianus (see EMILIANO).

EMMA  f  English, French, Italian, Finnish, Dutch
Derived from Germanic ermen meaning "whole" or "universal"...

EMMALINE  f  English
Variant of EMMELINE

EMMANOUIL  m  Greek
Greek form of EMMANUEL

EMMANUEL  m  Biblical, French, English
Means "God is with us" in Hebrew...

EMMANUELLE  f  French
French feminine form of EMMANUEL

EMMELINE  f  English
Medieval pet form of EMMA

EMMERICH  m  German
From the Germanic name Amalric, derived from the elements amal meaning "work, labour" and ric meaning "power"...

EMMERSON  m  English
Variant of EMERSON

EMMET  m  English
From a surname that was derived from the feminine first name EMMA

EMMETT  m  English
Variant of EMMET

EMMIE  f  English
Pet form of EMMA or EMILY

EMMY  f  English, Dutch
Pet form of EMMA or EMILY

EMORY  m  English
Variant of EMERY

EMPERATRIZ  f  Spanish
Means "empress" in Spanish.

EMRYS  m  Welsh
Welsh form of AMBROSE

EMYR  m  Welsh
Means "king" in Welsh.

ENA  f  Irish
Anglicized form of EITHNE

ENCARNA  f  Spanish
Short form of ENCARNACIÓN

ENCARNACIÓN  f  Spanish
Means "incarnation" in Spanish, from the name of the Spanish festival which is celebrated on Christmas Day.

ENCARNITA  f  Spanish
Pet form of ENCARNACIÓN

ENDA  m  Irish
Anglicized form of ÉANNA

ENDIKA  m  Basque
Basque form of HENRY

ENDRE  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of ANDREW

ENDYMION  m  Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek ενδυειν (endyein) meaning "to dive into, to enter"...

ENÉAS  m  Portuguese
Portuguese form of AENEAS

ENEKO  m  Basque
Possibly derived from the old Basque name Ennecus (of unknown meaning)...

ENFYS  m & f  Welsh
Means "rainbow" in Welsh.

ENGEL  m  German
Means "angel" in German.

ENGELBERT  m  German
From a Germanic name composed of the elements Angil "Angle" (the name of Germanic tribe) and beraht "bright"...

ENGIN  m  Turkish
Means "vast" in Turkish.

ENID  f  Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Derived from Welsh enaid meaning "soul" or "life"... 

ENIKŐ  f  Hungarian
Created by the Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty in the 19th century...

ENIOLA  f & m  Yoruba
Means "person of wealth" in Yoruba.

ENITAN  m  Yoruba
Means "person of story" in Yoruba.

ENKI  m  Near Eastern Mythology
Derived from Sumerian en-ki "lord of the earth" (though maybe originally from en-kur "lord of the underworld")...

ENLIL  m  Near Eastern Mythology
Derived from Sumerian en-lil "lord of the wind"...

ÉNNA  m  Irish
Variant of ÉANNA

ENNIO  m  Italian
Italian form of the Roman family name Ennius which is of unknown meaning...

ENNIS  f & m  Irish
From the name of a town in Ireland.

ENOCH  m  Biblical
From the Hebrew name חֲנוֹך (Chanok) which meant "dedicated"...

ENOK  m  Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ENOCH

ENOLA  f  English
Meaning unknown. This name first appeared in the 20th century.

ENOS  m  Biblical (Variant)
Variant of ENOSH

ENOSH  m  Biblical
Means "human being" in Hebrew...

ENRIC  m  Catalan
Catalan form of HENRY

ENRICA  f  Italian
Italian feminine form of HENRY

ENRICO  m  Italian
Italian form of HENRY...

ENRIQUE  m  Spanish
Spanish form of HENRY

ENSIO  m  Finnish
Derived from Finnish ensi "first".

ENU  m & f  African
Means "fifth born child" in Akan.

ENYA  f  Irish
Anglicized form of EITHNE

ENYINNAYA  m  Igbo
Means "his father's friend" in Igbo.

ENYO  f  Greek Mythology
Meaning unknown...

ENZO  m  Italian
The meaning of this name is uncertain...

EOFORHILD  f  Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements eofor "boar" and hild "battle"... 

EOGHAN  m  Irish, Scottish
Possibly means "born from the yew tree" in Old Celtic...

EOIN  m  Irish, Scottish
Gaelic form of JOHN

EOS  f  Greek Mythology
Means "dawn" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess of the dawn.

EOWYN  f  Literature
Means "horse lover" in Old English...

EPAPHRAS  m  Biblical, Ancient Greek
Possibly a contracted form of EPAPHRODITOS...

EPAPHRODITOS  m  Ancient Greek
Means "lovely, charming", derived from Greek επι (epi) "on" combined with the name of the Greek love goddess APHRODITE.

EPHRAIM  m  Biblical, Jewish
From the Hebrew name אֶפְרָיִם ('Efrayim) which meant "fruitful"...

EPIFANIO  m  Spanish
From the Late Latin word epiphania which was derived from Greek επιφανεια (epiphaneia) meaning "appearance, manifestation"...

EPIKTETOS  m  Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek name meaning "newly acquired"...

EPIMETHEUS  m  Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek επιμηθεια (epimetheia) meaning "hindsight, hindthought"...

EPIPHANY  f  English
From the name of the Christian festival (January 6) which commemorates the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus...

EPONA  f  Celtic Mythology
Derived from Gaulish epos meaning "horse"...

EPONINE  f  Literature
Meaning unknown...

EPPIE  f  English
Pet form of EUPHEMIA

ERA  f  Albanian
Derived from Albanian erë "wind".

ERAN  m  Biblical
Means "watchful, vigilant" in Hebrew...

ERASMUS  m  Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Derived from Greek ερασμιος (erasmios) meaning "beloved"...

ERASTUS  m  Biblical
Derived from Greek εραστος (erastos) meaning "beloved"...

ERATO  f  Greek Mythology
Means "lovely" in Greek...

ERCILIA  f  Spanish
Spanish form of HERSILIA

ERCOLE  m  Italian
Italian form of HERCULES

ERCWLFF  m  Welsh
Welsh form of HERCULES

ERDEM  m  Turkish
Means "virtue" in Turkish.

ERDMANN  m  German
Altered form of HARTMANN

EREBUS  m  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek Ερεβος (Erebos) which means "nether darkness"...

EREN  m  Turkish
Means "saint" in Turkish.

ERESHKIGAL  f  Near Eastern Mythology
Means "lady of the great earth" in Sumerian...

EREZ  m  Jewish
Means "cedar" in Hebrew.

ERHARD  m  German
Means "honour and bravery", derived from the Germanic elements era "honour, respect" and hard "brave, hardy".

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