Elke
Elke is a girl name of German origin, meaning Noble.
What Elke means
Noble.
Elke is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Elke comes from
German names are typically Germanic compounds, built from two elements — often one describing strength or protection and one describing a domain such as battle, home, or people.
Elke is recorded as German in origin. Browse other German names.
How popular is Elke?
Elke sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Elke
We group Elke under Noble. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Noble
Names like Elke
These share Elke's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Heidi — Noble, nobility.
- Adalyn — Noble; of noble kind.
- Adelaide — Of noble kind.
- Adelynn — Noble and serene.
- Della — Noble and bright.
- Albert — Noble and bright.
- Ulrich — Prosperity and power.
- Ada — Noble, nobility.
- Adeline — Noble; of noble kind.
- Alice — Noble; of the nobility.
- Adina — Delicate; noble.
- Lydia — Noble woman of Lydia.