Ellie, or Elly, is a given name, usually feminine. 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 Eleanor, Elizabeth, or Elvira. It can also be a short form of Elaine, Elena, Michelle, Elnaz, Amelia, Elham, Elaheh, Eliana, Eloise, Emelia, Elisa, Ellisha, Elisha, Elesha, Shelly, Eleni, or Petronella and as a masculine name of Eleazer, Elliot, Elron, or Elston. In Greek mythology, Ellie (Helle) was the daughter of Athamas and Nephele; sister of Phrixus.

Notable people named Ellie

Women

• 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 Kawamura (born 1993), American figure skater
• 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

Men

• Elly De La Cruz (born 2002), Dominican Major League Baseball infielder
• 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 Kadoorie (1867–1944), Jewish businessman and philanthropist in China and Hong Kong
• Elly Kayanja (born 1959), Ugandan brigadier
• 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
• Ellie Rodríguez (born 1946), Puerto Rican Major League Baseball catcher
• Elly Rono (born 1970), Kenyan former long-distance runner
• 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
• Elly (dancer) (born 1987), Japanese dancer

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 Disney–Pixar's 2009 film Up
• Ellie the Octopus, in Pajanimals
• Elly the Elephant, in Pocoyo
• 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 movie Yesterday
• Ellie Rose, a main supporting character from the point and click video game series Henry Stickmin
• Ellie Phillips, a character from the video game Lego City Undercover
• Elektra "Ellie" Natchios, a character from the televisions series Daredevil