Ellaina

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 24 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
24
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ellaina by the numbers

Ellaina was given to 24 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 38 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Ellaina

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 Ellaina. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Elainabright light; a form of Helen1,137 in the US (2017)
  • Ellinabright, shining; a form of Helen16 in the US (2017)
  • Ellana27 in the US (2017)
  • Ellayna9 in the US (2017)
  • Elianamy God has answered736 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ellianamy God has answered; a form of Eliana1,370 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Ellaina

Names that are said the same way as Ellaina, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Elenashining light3,863 in the US (2017)
  • Elinabright shining light; form of Helen69 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Elaynabright light; a form of Helen185 in the US (2017)
  • Elanaoak tree; variant of Ilana127 in the US (2017)
  • Ellenabright light; a form of Helen65 in the US (2017)
  • Eleanabright, shining light; a form of Helen8 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Ellaina

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