# Ellie

Ellie or Elly is a given name. 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 Elizabeth, Eleanor, 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, Ellis, Eliseo, Elishama, Elrod, Elron, or Elston. In Greek mythology, Ellie (Helle) was the daughter of Athamas and Nephele; sister of Phrixus.

## Notable women

* Ellie Aldridge (born 1996), British sailor
* 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 [da] (born 1980), Danish rapper, comedian and actress sometimes credited as simply "Ellie"
* Ellie Kanner, American film and television director
* 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

## Notable men

* Ellie Allen (1880–1966), Irish rugby union player
* Elly De La Cruz (born 2002), Dominican Major League Baseball infielder
* Ellie Fredericks (1904–1993), American cinematographer
* 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 Ilias (born 1984), Malaysian motorcycle racer
* Elly Kadoorie (1867–1944), Jewish businessman and philanthropist in China and Hong Kong
* Elly Katunguka (born 1955), Ugandan veterinarian and academic administrator
* Elly Kayanja (born 1959), Ugandan brigadier
* Elly Kenner (born 1948), Israeli film editor, director and producer
* Elly Kitamireke (born 1931), Ugandan field hockey player
* 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
* Elly Ochola (born 1983), Kenyon boxer
* Elly Ollarves (born 1981), Venezuelan sprinter
* Elly Pamatong (1943–2021), Filipino lawyer and politician
* Ellie Pringle (1910–1990), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* Elly Randriamampionona (born 1997), Malagasy basketball player
* Ellie Rodríguez (born 1946), Puerto Rican Major League Baseball catcher
* Elly Rono (born 1970), Kenyan former long-distance runner
* Elly Rous, English football manager
* Elly Sabiiti, Ugandan professor
* Ellie Salkow (1953–2021), South African entrepreneur
* 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

## 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 the 2009 Disney-Pixar animated film Up
* Ellie the Octopus, in Pajanimals
* Elly the Elephant, in Pocoyo
* Ellie, a 2021 animated 3D Blender Legal cartoon Girl character, a former camping from short film Sprite Fright.
* 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 2019 film Yesterday
* Ellie Phillips, a character from the video game Lego City Undercover
* Elektra "Ellie" Natchios, a character from the Marvel television series Daredevil
* Ellie, a character from the 2025 action thriller film Havoc, played by Jessie Mei Li
* Ellie, a character from the Ice Age franchise
* Ellie the Elephant, Mascot for the WNBA Basketball team the NY Liberty
* Ellie the Elephant, a fictional African elephant, originated in the Donkey Kong Country 3 video game