Elly
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, short for Elisabeth or Eleanor.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Elly (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Elly has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 10 |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 11 |
| 2005 | 16 |
| 2006 | 18 |
| 2007 | 16 |
| 2008 | 30 |
| 2009 | 38 |
| 2010 | 57 |
| 2011 | 34 |
| 2012 | 39 |
| 2013 | 39 |
| 2014 | 58 |
| 2015 | 49 |
| 2016 | 61 |
| 2017 | 61 |
| 2018 | 62 |
| 2019 | 59 |
| 2020 | 39 |
| 2021 | 50 |
| 2022 | 44 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,607 |
| 2000 | 3,480 |
| 2001 | 3,361 |
| 2002 | 3,238 |
| 2003 | 3,132 |
| 2004 | 3,007 |
| 2005 | 2,887 |
| 2006 | 2,774 |
| 2007 | 2,682 |
| 2008 | 2,558 |
| 2009 | 2,466 |
| 2010 | 2,395 |
| 2011 | 2,328 |
| 2012 | 2,240 |
| 2013 | 2,162 |
| 2014 | 2,096 |
| 2015 | 2,026 |
| 2016 | 1,966 |
| 2017 | 1,898 |
| 2018 | 1,858 |
| 2019 | 1,813 |
| 2020 | 1,768 |
Elly in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Elly.Hi! My name is Elly.
- Elly bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Elly lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Elly i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Elly this afternoon.
- Ellys mamma är lärare.Elly's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ellys mamma is Elly's mum.
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Questions about Elly
How do you pronounce Elly in Swedish?
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What does the name Elly mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, short for Elisabeth or Eleanor.
How popular is Elly in Sweden?
44 babies were named Elly in 2022. In 2020, 1,768 people in Sweden had Elly as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2018 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.