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El name meaning

Last Name
2k
in the U.S.
in 2010
Girls
Boys

Meaning and Origin

What does the name El mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of El

User Submitted Origins

Hebrew
72%
Islamic/Muslim
24%
Aramaic
4%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A user from Massachusetts, U.S. says the name El means "God or creator".
  2. According to 2 people from Australia and New Zealand, the name El is of New Zealand / Hebrew origin and means "Creator".
  3. A user from Ohio, U.S. says the name El is of Aramaic origin and means "Lord, creator".
  4. According to a user from New York, U.S., the name El means "King of the gods ancient Egyptian".
  5. A submission from Australia says the name El means "Highest or Mightiest" and is of Marathi origin.
  6. A user from Sweden says the name El is of Aramaic origin and means "Good".
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Other Dictionary Sources
  1. A railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level
  2. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
Wiktionary

From Biblical Hebrew אֵל‎ (ʾēl).

  1. Any of several major ancient Near East deities, including the supreme god of the Canaanite religion, but especially the supreme Hebrew God.

El was also found in the following language(s): Translingual

Notable Persons Named El

Notable Persons Named El

El Diablo

El Diablo is a comics character.

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El Greco

El Greco is an artist. El was given the name Doménikos Theotokópoulos in Heraklion.

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El Risitas

El Risitas is a comedian and actor. His most notable accomplishments were from 2000 to present. El was given the name Juan Joya Borja in 1962 in Seville, Andalusia, Spain.

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El Hadji Diouf

El Hadji Diouf is a soccer player for the Free agent, Stade Rennais F.C., FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, RC Lens, Liverpool F.C., Bolton Wanderers F.C., Sunderland A.F.C., Blackburn Rovers F.C., Rangers F.C., Doncaster Rovers F.C., Leeds United F.C., Sabah United FC, and Senegal national football team. El was born on January 15th, 1981 in Dakar, Senegal.

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El DeBarge

El DeBarge is a rhythm, blues, soul music, pop music, gospel music, jazz, and hip hop music musician. He has been prominent since 1979. El was given the name Eldra Patrick DeBarge on June 4th, 1961 in Detroit.

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El Lissitzky

El Lissitzky was an artist. El was born on November 23rd, 1890 in Pochinok (inhabited locality). He died on December 30th, 1941.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name El

Notable Persons With the Last Name El

Layla El

Layla El is a wrestler. Layla was born on June 25th, 1977 in London.

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Lee El

Lee El is an actor and actress. Lee was given the name Kim Ji-hyun on August 26th, 1982 in South Korea.

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Antwaan Randle El

Antwaan Randle El is a football player. Antwaan was born on August 17th, 1979 in Riverdale, Illinois.

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EL

EL is a hip hop music, hiplife, and azonto record producer, rapping, singing, music executive, and audio engineer. He plays Keyboard instrument and Sampler (musical instrument). He was most prominent from 2008 to 2008. EL was given the name Elom Adablah on June 28th, 1983 in Dansoman, Accra, Ghana. EL is also known as EL GH.

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Kedwany Maged El

Kedwany was born in 1967.

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Cynthia Biggs El

Cynthia Biggs El is a pop music, disco, dance music, soul music, rhythm, blues, and gospel musician.

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity El U.S.
  White 13.15% 64.26%
  African American 60.93% 11.96%
  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 16.47% 4.85%
  American Indian and Alaska Native 1.19% 0.69%
  Two or More Ethnicities 5.13% 1.76%
  Hispanic or Latino 3.13% 16.26%

Of Last Name El

People with the last name El are most frequently White, African American, or Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander

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Fun Facts about the name El

  • How Popular is the name El? El is the 23,317th most popular name of all time. As a last name El was the 17,596th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name El have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 279 babies born with the first name El in the United States. That's more than enough people named El to occupy the territory of Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 66 (as of July 1, 2008).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named El? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1915 when it was given as a first name to 8 new born babies.
  • When was El first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name El is Friday, June 3rd, 1870.
  • What year had the most people named El born? The highest recorded use of the first name El was in 2000 with a total of 11 babies.
  • Random El Factoid: According to the 1998 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name El is not a popular baby boy's name in New York. Imagine that, only 5 babies in New York have the same name in 1998.
  • Weird things about the name El: The name spelled backwards is Le. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give El. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name El? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 1,597 people with the last name El.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of El? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with El as their last name since less than 1 person in 185k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
  • El name meaning

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