Fun Facts About the Name Ellyanna
- 694 babies named Ellyanna: U.S. records list 694 babies given the name Ellyanna from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Ellyanna Mean?
Ellyanna is a modern English name built from familiar elements, and it does not have one settled meaning. It is usually treated as a spelling of Eliana or Elliana, and it can also be read as a compound of the short form Elly (or Ellie) with Anna.
Taken as a form of Eliana, the name has been derived from the Latin family name Aelianus, from Aelius, and it is also explained through Greek hēlios, "sun," or through Hebrew Elijah (Greek Elias), "My God is the Lord." Taken as a compound, the second element, Anna, comes from Hebrew Hannah, meaning "grace" or "favor." The first element, Elly, is a short form used for Eleanor, Ellen, Elizabeth, and Helen; those names carry their own separate meanings, some of them uncertain, so the opening element adds no fixed sense of its own.
Ellyanna Name History & Origins
The ending of Ellyanna is the form the Hebrew name Hannah took in Greek and Latin, Anna. In Christian tradition that was the name of the mother of Mary, and both Anna and Anne were in use in England by the Middle Ages. The element was joined to other names to make compounds that are now long established, such as Marianna, Rosanna, and Julianna, so Ellyanna follows a pattern rather than creating one.
The opening element goes back to Elly, an English short form used for Eleanor, Ellen, and Elizabeth, spelled Ellie in its fuller form. The whole name also matches Eliana, used in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, and its English respelling Elliana. The doubled l and n and the inserted y are typical of English spellings of names borrowed from Romance languages, which is why several spellings of this name appear side by side.
How Popular is the Name Ellyanna?
Ellyanna has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #3,379 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,004 | 36 | 0.0022% |
| 2024 | #4,574 | 30 | 0.0019% |
| 2023 | #4,484 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2022 | #3,379 | 47 | 0.0029% |
| 2021 | #3,819 | 39 | 0.0024% |
| 2020 | #4,476 | 30 | 0.0019% |
| 2019 | #4,275 | 33 | 0.0020% |
| 2018 | #4,096 | 35 | 0.0021% |
| 2017 | #5,090 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2016 | #4,455 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2015 | #3,867 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2014 | #3,672 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2013 | #4,183 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2012 | #3,733 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2011 | #4,279 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2010 | #5,839 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2009 | #5,264 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2008 | #6,200 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2007 | #6,169 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2006 | #7,987 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #7,620 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #8,867 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #7,707 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #11,439 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #15,791 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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