Elby

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies

Elby by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Elby.

Its American peak was 18 babies in 1920, making it a 1920s name.

What we can tell you about Elby

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Elby. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Elyascended; a form of Eli99 in the US (2017)
  • Eloychosen one; a form of Eligius55 in the US (2017)
  • Elbaelf, noble being5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Elby

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