Elke
A girls’ name of Old German origin, meaning noble kind; a form of Adelheid.
Elke by the numbers
Elke was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 75 babies in 1968, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Adelheid
Like Elke, each of these traces back to Adelheid: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Elke. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Elke, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Delilahdelicate, languishing1,180 in England and Wales (2025)
- Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
- Almanourishing, kind222 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean nobility
Like Elke, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Allisonnoble natured; a form of Alison4,017 in the US (2017)
- Adelinenoble, nobility3,902 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Elke
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