Save Gender Masculine Usage Azerbaijani, Dagestani, Lezgin Scripts Эльхан(Lezgin) Other Forms FormsElxan Meaning & History From Proto-Semitic *ʾil- meaning "deity, god" (see El or Allah) or Turkic el meaning "people, country, nation" combined with the Mongolian title хан (khan) meaning "leader, ruler, commander".