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Eliyah

Eliyah: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“my God is Yahweh”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
eh-LYE-yuh · 3 syllables
Used for
Both (65% girls, 35% boys since 1880)

Variant spelling related to Elijah, from Hebrew Eliyahu. The shortened element Yah refers to the divine name in Hebrew tradition.

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How popular is Eliyah?

202436.0 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 Eliyah in 2024119

2024 rank#2,124 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18802,127

Eliyah has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Eliyah

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Jordanto flow down · Hebrew
  • Shilohpossibly tranquil, or place name of Shiloh · Hebrew
  • Ariellion of God · Hebrew
  • Arilion · Hebrew
  • Salempeace · Hebrew
  • AzariahYahweh has helped · Hebrew
  • Jamiesupplanter · Hebrew
  • JessieGod beholds · Hebrew

Eliyah questions

What does the name Eliyah mean?

Eliyah means "my God is Yahweh". It comes from Hebrew. Variant spelling related to Elijah, from Hebrew Eliyahu. The shortened element Yah refers to the divine name in Hebrew tradition.

Is Eliyah a boy or girl name?

Eliyah is used for both: about 65% of US babies named Eliyah since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Eliyah?

119 US babies were named Eliyah in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Eliyah?

Eliyah is usually pronounced eh-LYE-yuh.

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.