Eline

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Eline is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Norwegian Bokmål given name26K records spelled Eline8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Ěline, Ęlïñę

• Arabic given name1.9K records spelled Eline23 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Tunisia, Netherlands, Algeria, Syria

  Also written Éline, Èline, Ëlïne, Elinë, Elïne

• a separate given name801 records spelled Eline3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway

  Also written Elíne, Éline

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Eline is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Variante moderne de Hélène; origine grecque via la tradition francaise.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In English, variant of Helen/Ellen

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In Turkish, second-person singular simple present possessive dative of el

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 65 years between 1945–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Eline Eriksenb. 1881DKDanish model (1881-1963)
• Eline Coeneb. 1964NLbadminton player
• Eline McGeorgeb. 1970NONorwegian artist
• Anna Guttob. 1977USnot in their usual nameNorwegian actor and director
• Eline van der Veldenb. 1986NLDutch actress
• Eline De Munckb. 1988BEsinger, actress
• Eline Powellb. 1990BEBelgian actor
• Eline Timmermanb. 1998NLDutch volleyball player
• Eline Jansenb. 2002NLDutch speed skater and cyclist
• Eline Doenstb. 2006actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 484 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Eline?

We estimate roughly 47 thousand people bear Eline (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Eline have the most bearers?

We estimate about 20 thousand people bear Eline in the Netherlands, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled eline.

Where is Eline most common?

Eline is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 875 people carrying it.

How common is Eline compared with other names?

In the Netherlands, Eline is the 219th most common given name of 134,847 given names recorded there.

Is Eline a male or female name?

Eline is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Eline mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name, variant of Helene