El \el\ as a girl's name is a variant of Eleanor (Greek), and the meaning of El is "sun ray, shining light".

The baby name El sounds like Al, Ela and Eli. Other similar baby names are Em, Gal, Elke, Del, Elvy, Elva, Elsa, Ena, Ali, Elli, Ala, Bel, Cal, Eve, Eva, Clo, Ella, Eda, Ede, Edy, Edi, Eila, Ila, Elah, Eily, Elis, Eir, Elle, Elba, Elbe, Elyn, Elna, Elly, Elen, Elin, Elga, Elia, Elza, Elsy, Else, Eliz, Elka, Elon, Elan, Elma, Ema, Etel, Eula, Evy, Eba, Flo, Eyo, Jyl, Jil, Lil, Lu, Mel, Mal, Nel, Ola, Sal, Tal, Ula and Val.