Elle

Elle is a Modern English given name functioning as either a standalone name or a short form of names beginning with the element El-, such as Eleanor, Ellen, or Elizabeth. It coincides with the French third-person feminine pronoun meaning she, lending the name an elegant, distinctly feminine quality that contributed to its fashionable rise in English-speaking countries during the late twentieth century. The name gained additional cultural visibility through the fashion magazine of the same title, founded in France in 1945. Ella and Elena are among the related forms that share its phonetic character.