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 [ 2 syll. e-ly, el-y ] The boy name Ely is pronounced IYLay KEY. Ely's language of origin is Hebrew. It is predominantly used in the English and Hebrew languages. Ely is a variant spelling of Eli (English, Hebrew, and Yiddish). Ely is an unusual baby boy name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1901 with 0.005% of baby boys being given the name Ely. It was #983 in rank then. The baby name has declined in popularity since then, and is currently of only infrequent use. In 2008, among the family of boy names directly linked to Ely, Eli (English, Hebrew, and Yiddish) was the most popular. Baby names that sound like Ely include Eli (English, Hebrew, and Yiddish), Ilie (Romanian), Ilja (Russian), Ilya (Russian and Czech), Islay (Scottish), Eelia (Russian), Ilia (Russian), Ilio (English), and Iolo (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Ely: IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)"   |
