Eliah
Elias is the hellenized version for the name of Elijah, a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy books. Due to Elias' role in the scriptures and to many later associated traditions, the name is used as a personal name in numerous languages.
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Eliah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Elias is the hellenized version for the name of Elijah, a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy books. Due to Elias' role in the scriptures and to many later associated traditions, the name is used as a personal name in numerous languages.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical
The Story of Eliah
As a girl name
Eliah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1996, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 27 births, good for #4,990 nationwide. About 41% of every Eliah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Eliah ranks #7,713 for girls with 13 births, falling sharply (-22%). All told, over 481 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Eliah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1972, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2009: 56 births, good for #2,318 nationwide. About 37% of every Eliah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Eliah ranks #3,919 for boys with 28 births, falling sharply (-27%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Eliah
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Eliah. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Eliah
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- Elias (Greek scholar) , 6th century commentator on Aristotle and Porphyry
- Elias I , Armenian religious leader, Catholicos of All Armenians from 703 to 717
- Elias of Nisibis (975–1046), Church of the East bishop of Nisibis and an important mediaeval chronicler, also known as Elijah of Nisibis and Eliya bar Shinaya
- Elias, Duke of Parma (1880–1959), head of the House of Bourbon-Parma and pretender to the defunct throne of Parma
- Elías Ahúja y Andría (1863–1951), Spanish politician
- Elias Alves da Silva (born 1981), Brazilian football player
- Elias Ammerbach (1530–1597), German organist
- Elias Ashmole (1617–1692), English antiquary and politician
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Names that sound like Eliah
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About the name Eliah
Eliah is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Eliah's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #2,318. Use the chart and map above to compare Eliah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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