Ella-May
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-a-MAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Ella-May is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “other + month of May”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Ella-May mean?
Modern: combination of Ella and May
“other + month of May”
Combines Ella with May, which began as a pet form of Mary and Margaret.
Is Ella-May a girl's or a boy's name?
Ella-May is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ella-May in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Ella-May, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,213th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 64 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Ella-May than any year since 2001.
Half of all the girls named Ella-May in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 girls in the UK were given Ella-May or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #465, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Ella-May in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,213 |
| 2019 | 35 | #1,058 |
| 2018 | 33 | #1,124 |
| 2017 | 29 | #1,248 |
| 2016 | 42 | #942 |
| 2015 | 55 | #771 |
| 2014 | 40 | #983 |
| 2013 | 62 | #709 |
| 2012 | 45 | #902 |
| 2011 | 64 | #681 |
| 2010 | 51 | #772 |
| 2009 | 55 | #722 |
| 2008 | 46 | #810 |
| 2007 | 45 | #789 |
| 2006 | 27 | #1,087 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
Nicknames for Ella-May
- Ellie 552 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Ella-May
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Evie Lily Isabelle Eva Ruby Daisy Evelyn Eliza Amelia Isabella Amelie Matilda
Other spellings of Ella-May
Names related to Ella-May
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-May: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ella-may, updated 20 October 2026.