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Ellie-Jay

Gender
Girl
Say it
EL-ee-JAY
Origin
English

Ellie-Jay is a girls' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Ellie-Jay mean?

English: Ellie + Jay

Joins Ellie (English) and Jay (English, “jay (the bird)”).

Meanings borrowed from Ellie and Jay.

Is Ellie-Jay a girl's or a boy's name?

Ellie-Jay is a girls' name.

How popular is Ellie-Jay in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 12 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ellie-Jay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 12 in 20042018
Ellie-Jay in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20182#7,433
20170–
20164#4,980
20155#4,294
20145#4,187
20130–
20125#4,390
20114#4,980
20105#4,220
20096#3,603
20085#4,065
20074#4,494
20065#3,724
20058#2,555
200412#1,812
20034#3,768
20028#2,231
20014#3,427
20003#4,074
19990–
19980–
19973#3,991

Names like Ellie-Jay

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Ellie-Jay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ellie-jay, updated 20 October 2026.