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Ninon (F)> Neill (M)> Elfi (F)> Handel (M)> Karan (F)> Jos (F)> Winanne (F)> Mari (F)> Jutte (F)> Kava (F)> Mally (F)> Suffia (F)> Mine (F)> Kembang (F)> Elmo (M)> Jacques (M)> Genette (F)> Amabel (F)> Keeleigh (F)> Elgin (M)> Katul (F)> Kendra (F)> Kipper (M)> Kent (M)> Petr (M)> Lyssa (F)> Khatijah (F)> Elin (F)>

Elin (female)

Variants:Ellen (F) Helen (F)
Diminutive for:Eleanor (F) Elinor (F)
Can be spelt:Elen (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Welsh.

1. Possibly from the word for "nymph".

2. Elin is a spelling variation on Elen, itself a variant of Ellen/Helen [q.v.].

3. Elin can also be a diminutive of Elinor/Eleanor [q.v.].