Elle is the French pronoun for "she", and as a name it also works as a short form of Eleanor, Ella and other El- names. The fashion magazine Elle, model Elle Macpherson and Reese Witherspoon's Elle Woods in Legally Blonde turned it into a chic, minimal choice. Elle entered the US top 1000 in 2002, reached its best rank of number 355 in 2019 and stands at number 461 in 2025.