Female name

Éline

103 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2022. Expression number: 9.

Origin

This first name is a Frenchified variant of Élina. The origin of the latter is unknown, and several hypotheses are proposed: it is generally linked as a derivative of Hélène; it is suggested to be a feminine diminutive of Élie; it is also possible to see it as an old variant of Éliane with the influence of Elena, which is an Occitan, Spanish and Italian form of Hélène; finally, it could come from American English, Elina, which is a rare diminutive of Eleanor, the English form of Éléonore.

Translated by Arcanes from the French Wiktionnaire, entry “Éline”, text and translation under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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How many babies received it

From the official birth registers.

In England and Wales

130200020102020

Peak in 2022: 13 births. 103 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 43 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Elsewhere in the world

The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.

CountryBirthsPeriodBest rank
France12,7901900–202593rd in 2025
Switzerland1,519*1915–2025—
Quebec2811980–2025—
Belgium2102014–2023—
Berlin652012–2023—

* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown); Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).

The numbers of the name

Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.

E5L3I9N5E5

■ vowel · ■ consonant

Expression

All the letters: talents, the way you act.

9

humanity, generosity, completion

5 + 3 + 9 + 5 + 5 = 27 → 9

Soul

The vowels: what drives you deep down.

1

initiative, independence, beginnings

5 + 9 + 5 = 19 → 1

Personality

The consonants: what others notice first.

8

power, achievement, your relationship with money

3 + 5 = 8

Digits missing from the name
1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8
Most frequent digit
5 · freedom, change, movement
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Your name and theirs

The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.