Elke (name)

Elke is a female first name which roots are based on the Northern Sea Cost region in Germany Frisia. Elke is also an uncommon surname whose origins can be traced as far back as the late 1500's.

Variations

*Alke
*Elka
*Ilka
*Soelke

Provenance und Definition

The names' roots are based on the Frisian dialect of the German language and is a derivation of the name Adelheid.

Name Day

*16. Dezember (Adelheid), 5. Februar

Known People

* Elke Best (* 1956), German folksinger
* Elke Erb (* 1938), German author
* Elke Ferner (* 1958), German politician
* Elke Hartmann (* 1969), German historian
* Elke Heidenreich (* 1943), German author, moderator and journalist
* Elke Herrmann (* 1956), German politician
* Elke Hoff (* 1957), German politicain
* Elke Kast (1946-1993), German TV-moderator
* Elke Kruse (* 1958), German musician
* Elke Leonhard (* 1949), German publisher
* Elke Martens (* 1956), German musician and actress
* Elke Müller (* 1940), German politician
* Elke Reinke (* 1958), German politician
* Elke Richter (* 1960), German soccer-player
* Elke Schmitter (* 1961), German journalist and author
* Elke Sommer (* 1940), German actress
* Elke Walther (* 1967), German soccer-player
* Elke Winkens (* 1970), Austrian actress
* Elke Wosik geb. Schall (* 1973), German table-tennis player
* Elke Wülfing (* 1947), German politician.

Popular Culture

*"Elke sein", ("Being Elke"), a song of the German Punkband EL*KE (2005)
*"Elke", a song of the German pop-band Die Ärzte 1988
*"Elke" is a figure in the Girls-books of the author Emma Gündel (10 issues, 1930 - 1950)
*"Elke" is a protagonist of the novel "Der Schimmelreiter" ("The Dykemaster") from the German author Theodor Storm

External links

*http://lexikon.beliebte-vornamen.de/elke.htm
*http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113119/
*http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=500162089062&lds=1&region=2&regionfriendly=British+Isles&frompage=99