Names beginning with E

Effy

Fair speech (Effy Stonem in Skins; diminutive of Euphemia)

English/Greek

Eileen

Light (Eileen Gray, architect; Eileen Chang)

Irish/Greek

Elaine

Light (Elaine Thompson-Herah, five-time Olympic sprint champion)

French/Greek

Eleni

Light, torch (Ethiopian empress)

Ethiopian/Greek

Elif

First letter of the alphabet; slim, tall

Turkish/Arabic

Elin

Light / torch (Welsh + Scandinavian)

Welsh/Scandinavian

Eliška

Pledged to God (Czech Elizabeth)

Czech/Hebrew

Ellen

Bright torch (Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, first elected female African head of state)

English/Greek

Ellis

Benevolent (Ellis Island; modern unisex)

Welsh/Hebrew

Ellison

Son of Elias (Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man + Larry Ellison)

English/Hebrew

Eloisa

Famous warrior (Heloise + Abelard; Eloisa James)

French/Germanic

Elspeth

Consecrated to God (Elspeth Beard, first British woman to motorcycle around the world)

Scottish/Hebrew

Elvira

True / trustworthy (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark; Mozart's Don Giovanni)

Spanish/Germanic

Emiliana

Industrious (Emiliana Torrini, Icelandic singer)

Latin/Italian

Emmanuelle

God is with us (Emmanuelle Charpentier, CRISPR Nobel)

French/Hebrew

Emory

Industrious ruler (Emory University; modern unisex)

English/Germanic

Engracia

In grace (Zaragoza martyr)

Spanish/Latin

Enheduanna

World's first named author (Sumerian high priestess)

Sumerian/Akkadian

Enid

Soul / life (Enid Blyton, children's author; Enid in Wednesday)

Welsh/Celtic

Enola

Alone backwards (Enola Holmes; Enola Gay)

American/Native American

Erica

Ever-ruler / heather (Erica Kane + Erica Jong + Erica Hill)

Old Norse/Latin

Erna

Vigorous / earnest (Erna Solberg, Norwegian PM 2013-2021)

Old Norse/Germanic

Erykah

Ever-ruler (Erykah Badu, queen of neo-soul)

English/Old Norse

Esra

Night journey (Turkish-Arabic)

Turkish/Arabic

Esti

Evening / star (Esti Ginzburg + Hungarian)

Hungarian/Yiddish

Estée

Star (Estée Lauder, cosmetics empire founder)

French/English

Eszter

Star (Hungarian Esther)

Hungarian/Hebrew

Etenesh

You are my sister (Ethiopian)

Ethiopian/Amharic

Etty

Pearl (Etty Hillesum, Dutch Jewish diarist of Auschwitz)

Dutch/Hebrew

Eugenie

Well-born (Princess Eugenie of York; Empress Eugénie)

French/Greek

Evangelina

Good news (Spanish form of Evangeline)

Spanish/Greek

Ewa

Life (Polish form of Eve)

Polish/Hebrew