Eliam

Eliam: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“my God is kinsman”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
EE-lee-am · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys

Biblical Hebrew name from Eli ‘my God’ and am ‘people, kin’. It appears in the Hebrew Bible and is also used in Spanish-speaking communities.

How popular is Eliam?

2024256 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Eliam in 2024853

2024 rank#381 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18803,349

Eliam is rising: use over the last five years is 7.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Eliam

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew
  • DanielGod is my judge · Hebrew

Eliam questions

What does the name Eliam mean?

Eliam means "my God is kinsman". It comes from Hebrew. Biblical Hebrew name from Eli ‘my God’ and am ‘people, kin’. It appears in the Hebrew Bible and is also used in Spanish-speaking communities.

Is Eliam a boy or girl name?

Eliam is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Eliam?

853 US babies were named Eliam in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Eliam?

Eliam is usually pronounced EE-lee-am.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.