| Name info: About the name Elke in particular | | Gender: | female |
| Languages of use: | German, Frisian, Low German |
| Is diminutive of: | Adelheid |
| US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
| Similarly written: | Alke, Eike, Eike, Elie, Elle, Else, Helke, Ilke, Jelke Details |
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| Group info: About Adelheid, the group of names with the same origin as Elke | | Meaning/translation: | of a noble kind |
| Language of origin: | Old High German |
| Info about origin: | old Germanic two-element name |
| | very popular in Germany during the Middle Ages |
| Words: | adal = the noble, honorable Old High German |
| | heit = the kind, the sort, the type Old High German |
| Topics: | Two-element name |
| Variants' top ranks: | 1:Alice Switzerland/French 2022, 2:Alicia Sweden 2017, 2:Alicja Warsaw 2015, 2:Alise Latvia 2019, 3:Alisa Estonia 2016, 10:Alisa Moscow 2014, 11:Alyssa USA 1999, 15:Alíz Hungary 2023, 22:Heidi Norway 2015, 27:Elke Germany 2005 |
| Old/original forms: | Adalheidis Old High German, Adaliz Old French, Adelais Old French |
| Name variants: | Addie, Adelaide, Adélaïde, Adelheid, Alecia, Alesha, Aletta, Alette, Alica, Alice, Alicia, Alícia, Alicja, Alida, Alide, Aliki, Alisa, Alisa, Alise, Alisha, Alissa, Alissia, Alita, Alíz, Alize, Alke, Allissia, Allyssa, Aly, Alycia, Alysa, Alysha, Alysia, Alyssa, Alyssia, Della, Elicia, Elke, Eltje, Heide, Heidi, Heidy, Tale, Talea, Taleja, Talida, Thale Sortable list Details |
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