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Elke (female)

Variants:Elkie (F)
Derivative of:Adelheid (F)
Masculine form:Elkan (M) Elkanah (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

1. Frisian & Dutch, derived from Adelheid, from Old German "noble".

2. Yiddish, feminine form of Elkan, from Hebrew "possessed by God".
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