Ely Forename
7,303rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 143,404 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Mauritania
Ely Forename Definition:
A Hebrew name, meaning: God’s gift. (Anglo-saxon) Ell island.
Ely Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 88% | 45,216 | 1:5,705 | 720 |
| Philippines | 78% | 24,303 | 1:4,362 | 747 |
| Brazil | 58% | 17,157 | 1:12,487 | 1,318 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 16,175 | 1:253 | 34 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 6,321 | 1:4,778 | 623 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4,488 | 1:6,866 | 1,060 |
| United States | 74% | 4,083 | 1:88,792 | 4,110 |
| DR Congo | 92% | 3,294 | 1:22,413 | 1,804 |
| Mexico | 51% | 2,083 | 1:59,599 | 2,027 |
| Colombia | 68% | 2,077 | 1:23,004 | 1,506 |
| Mali | 100% | 2,043 | 1:8,310 | 724 |
| Peru | 59% | 1,824 | 1:17,430 | 1,482 |
| Honduras | 100% | 1,563 | 1:5,641 | 712 |
| Angola | 100% | 1,485 | 1:18,159 | 1,621 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,416 | 1:7,487 | 902 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,087 | 1:9,596 | 1,136 |
| Guatemala | 59% | 857 | 1:18,796 | 1,162 |
| Qatar | 73% | 787 | 1:3,011 | 428 |
| Senegal | 80% | 749 | 1:19,468 | 1,175 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 475 | 1:15,057 | 1,581 |
| Malaysia | 85% | 399 | 1:76,316 | 5,749 |
| El Salvador | - | 380 | 1:16,689 | 968 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Chile | 88% | 292 | 1:60,299 | 1,971 |
| Argentina | 94% | 289 | 1:148,004 | 2,197 |
| Haiti | 100% | 274 | 1:39,149 | 2,752 |
| Canada | 100% | 273 | 1:121,368 | 5,700 |
| Ecuador | - | 263 | 1:67,403 | 2,034 |
| Congo | 100% | 224 | 1:22,363 | 2,228 |
| Nicaragua | 86% | 176 | 1:34,195 | 1,982 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 172 | 1:19,928 | 1,094 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Papua New Guinea | 91% | 160 | 1:50,952 | 4,944 |
| Spain | 51% | 151 | 1:308,145 | 5,039 |
| Panama | 100% | 142 | 1:27,511 | 2,397 |
| Vietnam | 80% | 137 | 1:676,081 | 2,263 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 110 | 1:216,088 | 18,555 |
| Italy | 100% | 108 | 1:565,390 | 5,824 |
| Kenya | 100% | 103 | 1:449,584 | 13,128 |
| Israel | 85% | 96 | 1:87,530 | 4,059 |
| Burkina Faso | 61% | 94 | 1:195,526 | 8,802 |
| England | 83% | 92 | 1:604,380 | 12,019 |
| Netherlands | 94% | 88 | 1:192,069 | 7,382 |
| Egypt | 100% | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| India | 88% | 83 | 1:14,637,084 | 385,225 |
| Portugal | - | 83 | 1:125,432 | 3,169 |
| Guam | - | 77 | 1:2,086 | 455 |
| France | 57% | 71 | 1:936,202 | 7,555 |
| Romania | 100% | 59 | 1:339,864 | 10,187 |
| Denmark | - | 57 | 1:99,114 | 2,869 |
| Belgium | 100% | 54 | 1:212,779 | 5,056 |
| China | - | 51 | 1:26,785,407 | 60,804 |
| Thailand | 70% | 49 | 1:1,429,915 | 45,761 |
| Australia | - | 48 | 1:284,534 | 5,908 |
| Costa Rica | 74% | 43 | 1:110,883 | 3,392 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 41 | 1:86,593 | 1,779 |
| Ivory Coast | 91% | 39 | 1:591,691 | 20,839 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| South Africa | 63% | 34 | 1:1,603,901 | 51,699 |
| Russia | 88% | 30 | 1:4,807,790 | 23,740 |
| Ukraine | 67% | 30 | 1:1,516,664 | 4,310 |
| Nigeria | 60% | 29 | 1:6,122,909 | 83,805 |
| Iran | - | 24 | 1:3,270,703 | 15,729 |
| Guinea | 100% | 23 | 1:515,593 | 3,040 |
| Germany | 70% | 22 | 1:4,394,449 | 18,771 |
| Paraguay | 82% | 22 | 1:328,946 | 4,098 |
| Singapore | 60% | 18 | 1:349,281 | 9,934 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 17 | 1:34,174 | 2,353 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Norway | 100% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Sweden | 86% | 16 | 1:616,119 | 14,675 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 15 | 1:1,440,700 | 34,118 |
| Zambia | - | 13 | 1:1,219,600 | 16,711 |
| Hong Kong | - | 12 | 1:646,060 | 4,783 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 10 | 1:19,200 | 1,714 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 8 | 1:66,144 | 2,710 |
| Japan | - | 8 | 1:15,998,257 | 41,670 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 8 | 1:307,345 | 4,581 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 8 | 1:6,598,540 | 36,161 |
| Zimbabwe | 50% | 8 | 1:1,927,977 | 54,057 |
| Belize | 100% | 7 | 1:50,616 | 3,777 |
| Switzerland | 70% | 7 | 1:1,173,357 | 12,989 |
| Benin | 100% | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Cuba | - | 6 | 1:1,917,759 | 4,898 |
| Lebanon | - | 6 | 1:937,928 | 8,462 |
| Niger | 67% | 6 | 1:3,197,332 | 33,105 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Uganda | 100% | 5 | 1:8,191,384 | 58,906 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 5 | 1:21,949 | 2,239 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Scotland | - | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Ireland | 76% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Czechia | 81% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Finland | 67% | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
The alternate forms: Elý (1) & Ély (1) are calculated separately.
Ely (68,522) may also be a surname.
Ely Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Hebrew name, meaning: God’s gift. (Anglo-saxon) Ell island.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ely Forename Popularity
Ely Demographics
Ely Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 20 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
Ely Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ely in the Russian language | ||
| Елы | ely | - |
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