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Eliyahu

Eliyahu: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“my God is Yahweh”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
el-ee-YAH-hoo · 4 syllables
Used for
Boys

Hebrew form of Elijah, from Eliyahu. It is the original biblical form behind English Elijah and many related variants.

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How popular is Eliyahu?

202447.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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 Eliyahu in 2024156

2024 rank#1,262 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18803,496

Eliyahu has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Eliyahu

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • Alijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • EliaYahweh is my God · Italian
  • Ellisonson of Ellis · English
  • Ilyasthe Lord is my God · Arabic
  • Eliotthe Lord is my God · Hebrew
  • Elliottethe Lord is my God · French
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew

Eliyahu questions

What does the name Eliyahu mean?

Eliyahu means "my God is Yahweh". It comes from Hebrew. Hebrew form of Elijah, from Eliyahu. It is the original biblical form behind English Elijah and many related variants.

Is Eliyahu a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Eliyahu?

156 US babies were named Eliyahu in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Eliyahu?

Eliyahu is usually pronounced el-ee-YAH-hoo.

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.