Elkie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-kee
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Elkie is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Elkie mean?
Germanic: pet form of Elke, a Low German and Frisian short form of Adelheid
“noble kind”
Elke is a North German and Dutch short form of Adelheid, the name behind Adelaide and Alice.
Is Elkie a girl's or a boy's name?
Elkie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elkie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Elkie, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elkie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Elkie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Elkie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lottie, Elodie, Evie, Elsie, Millie, Edie, Hallie, Amelie, Hattie, Gracie, Sadie, Frankie
Names related to Elkie
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
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, “Elkie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elkie, updated 20 October 2026.