Elif is a girl's name of Turkish origin meaning “alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.” In 2024 it was given to 114 girls in the United States.
Elif belongs to the Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet” — is the sense carried by its Turkish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Elif first appears in Social Security records in 1977. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1763 in 2024, and in 2024 114 babies received the name — 1,429 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Elif means “alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet” in its Turkish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Elif is a girl name. In 2024, 114 babies received the name in the US.
Elif comes from the Turkish tradition.
Elif first appears in US records in 1977. Its best-ever ranking was #1763 in 2024, and 114 babies were given the name in 2024.
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