Elli \e(l)-li\ as a girl's name is a variant of Alice (Old German), Eleanor (Greek) and Ella (Old German), and the meaning of Elli is "noble, exalted; sun ray, shining light; other, foreign".

The baby name Elli sounds like Alli, Ellie, Elle, Elly, Eli, Ellia and Ulli. Other similar baby names are Ellin and Ellsi.