Ella-Mai
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-a-MY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Ella-Mai is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “other + month of May”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Ella-Mai mean?
Modern: combination of Ella and Mai
“other + month of May”
Combines Ella with Mai, the Welsh word for the month of May.
Is Ella-Mai a girl's or a boy's name?
Ella-Mai 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 Ella-Mai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Ella-Mai, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,348th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 46 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Ella-Mai than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Ella-Mai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Ella-Mai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 25 | #1,348 |
| 2019 | 32 | #1,129 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2015 | 30 | #1,216 |
| 2014 | 37 | #1,037 |
| 2013 | 46 | #882 |
| 2012 | 39 | #999 |
| 2011 | 37 | #1,024 |
| 2010 | 32 | #1,112 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
Nicknames for Ella-Mai
- Ellie 552 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Ella-Mai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Evie, Evelyn, Eliza, Eva, Isabelle, Sophia, Matilda, Amelia, Emilia, Isabella, Elsie, Elodie
Names related to Ella-Mai
Ellie-Mae, Ella-Mae, Ellie-May, Ella-May, Ellie-Mai, Ellamae, Elliemay, Elliemae
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Ella-Mai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ella-mai, updated 20 October 2026.