Elli is a short form of Elizabeth, Eleanor and Ellen, so it inherits Elizabeth's Hebrew meaning "my God is an oath"; in Finland and Germany it is an established name in its own right. The i spelling gives the popular Ellie a crisper, Scandinavian look. Elli stood at number 2716 in 2000, reached its best rank of 1732 in 2014 and sits at number 2966 in 2025.