Elilta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eh-LIL-ta
- Origin
- Amharic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Elilta is a girls' name of Amharic origin, meaning “joyful ululation”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Elilta mean?
Amharic: Amharic and Tigrinya elilta
“joyful ululation”
Ethiopian and Eritrean name from the joyful ululation women make at weddings, births and other celebrations.
Is Elilta a girl's or a boy's name?
Elilta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elilta in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Elilta, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2017, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Elilta in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
Names like Elilta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena Elena Aurora Elora Eliana Arabella Eliza Maeva Etta Fatima Ada Nora
Names related to Elilta
More Amharic names
Amare Aryam Gelila Mahelet Nolawi Haset Tafari Bruk Leul Naod Kidus Melat Haile Menelik Nuhamin Meklit
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elilta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elilta, updated 20 October 2026.