Elle is the French feminine third-person pronoun ("she, her") — also the definite article in some Romance dialects. **Made famous by the French weekly *Elle* magazine, founded in 1945 by Hélène Lazareff in liberated Paris; it became the world's best-selling fashion magazine with editions in 46 countries**. **Elle Fanning (born 1998)** — **American actress; youngest-ever juror at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 at age 21; star of *Maleficent* (2014), *The Neon Demon* (2016), *Mary Shelley* (2017), and Hulu's *The Great* (2020-2023, Golden Globe nominations)**. **Elle Macpherson (born 1964)** — Australian supermodel nicknamed "The Body"; founded Elle Macpherson Intimates and WelleCo wellness. **Elle King (born 1989)** — American singer; *Ex's & Oh's* (2014). **A top-200 US baby name since 2018**. **"Elle" is also Reese Witherspoon's character in *Legally Blonde* (Elle Woods, 2001)**.
Featured throughout 1940s-2020s global fashion media.
Elle reduces to seven — the number of French magazine.