Gender Masculine
Scripts Ηλίας(Greek) ኤልያስ(Amharic) Ἠλίας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /ɨ.ˈli.ɐʃ/(European Portuguese) /e.ˈli.ɐs/(Brazilian Portuguese) /e.ˈliː.as/(German) /ˈe.li.ɑs/(Finnish) /ɪ.ˈlaɪ.əs/(English) /i.ˈlaɪ.əs/(English) /ˈeː.li.ɑs/(Dutch)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Form of Elijah used in several languages. This is also the form used in the Greek New Testament, as well as some English translations.

Related Names

Rootsʾel + Yahweh
VariantsElis(Swedish) Eelis, Eljas(Finnish) Elian(Dutch) Ilias(Greek) Elijah(Biblical) Helias(Biblical Latin) Eliou(Biblical Greek)
DiminutiveLias(Swedish)
Feminine FormIliana(Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesIlyas(Arabic) Ilyes(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Ilyas(Bashkir) Ilia, Ilya(Belarusian) 'Eliyyahu(Biblical Hebrew) Ilia, Ilija, Iliya(Bulgarian) Ilyas(Chechen) Ilija(Croatian) Eliáš, Ilja(Czech) Ilja(Estonian) Élie(French) Ilia(Georgian) Elijah, Eliya, Eliyahu(Hebrew) Illés, Éliás(Hungarian) Elías(Icelandic) Ilyas(Indonesian) Elia(Italian) Ilyas(Kazakh) Ilja, Elijas(Lithuanian) Ilija, Ile(Macedonian) Elis(Medieval English) Eliasz(Polish) Ilie(Romanian) Ilia, Ilja, Ilya(Russian) Ilija(Serbian) Elías(Spanish) Ilyas(Tatar) İlyas(Turkish) Illya(Ukrainian) Ilyas(Urdu)
Surname DescendantsEliassen(Danish) Eliassen(Norwegian) Eliasson(Swedish)
Same SpellingÉliás, Elías, Eliáš
User SubmissionÉlias

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   formal   upper class   wholesome   strong   refined   strange   serious  

Name Days

Austria: March 24
Denmark: July 20
Estonia: July 20
Finland: April 9
Greece: July 20
Norway: July 12
Sweden: April 17

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Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g2243, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g2243.
Entry updated December 1, 2024