Elle is the French feminine third-person pronoun ("she, her") — also the definite article in some Romance dialects. *Made famous by the French weekly Elle magazine, founded in 1945 by Hélène Lazareff in liberated Paris; it became the world's best-selling fashion magazine with editions in 46 countries. Elle Fanning (born 1998) — American actress; youngest-ever juror at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 at age 21; star of Maleficent (2014), The Neon Demon (2016), Mary Shelley (2017), and Hulu's The Great (2020-2023, Golden Globe nominations). Elle Macpherson (born 1964) — Australian supermodel nicknamed "The Body"; founded Elle Macpherson Intimates and WelleCo wellness. Elle King (born 1989) — American singer; Ex's & Oh's (2014). A top-200 US baby name since 2018. "Elle" is also Reese Witherspoon's character in Legally Blonde (Elle Woods, 2001)*.
Featured throughout 1940s-2020s global fashion media.
In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Elle reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.