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Elyas

Elyas: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“my God is Yahweh”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
eh-LEE-us · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys

Elyas is a form of Ilyas/Elias, the Arabic and international equivalent of Elijah. It ultimately goes back to the Hebrew name Eliyahu.

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How popular is Elyas?

202449.0 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 Elyas in 2024163

2024 rank#1,229 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,926

Elyas is rising: use over the last five years is 2.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Elyas

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Ilyasthe Lord is my God · Arabic
  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Omarflourishing, long-lived · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic
  • Khalilfriend, beloved · Arabic

Elyas questions

What does the name Elyas mean?

Elyas means "my God is Yahweh". It comes from Arabic. Elyas is a form of Ilyas/Elias, the Arabic and international equivalent of Elijah. It ultimately goes back to the Hebrew name Eliyahu.

Is Elyas a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Elyas?

163 US babies were named Elyas in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Elyas?

Elyas is usually pronounced eh-LEE-us.

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.