Given name · Arabic
إلياس
إلياس (ʔilyās) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
إلياس comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
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How it developed
From Ancient Greek Ἠλίας, from Biblical Hebrew אֵלִיָּהוּ (ʔeliyyɔhū).
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إلياس’s family of names
In Arabic usage, إلياس has a conventional equivalent in the French form ILYES. In Arabic usage, إلياس was borrowed from the Ancient Greek form Ἠλίας.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Eliasequivalent
- Eliaequivalent
- Aliasequivalent
- Iliaequivalent
- Ilyaequivalent
- Illiaequivalent
- IlyesFrench
- İlyasequivalent
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People named إلياس
- Ilyas ZhansugurovKazakhstani poet (1894-1938)
- Ilyas ChairaMoroccan footballerborn 2001
- Ilyas ChouarefMoroccan and French association football playerborn 2000
- Ilyas BekbulatovRussian amateur wrestlerborn 1990
- Ilyas ibn Mudarancestor of Muhammad
- Ilyas AnsahGerman association football playerborn 2004
- Ilyas GhumanPakistani islamic scholarborn 1969
- Ilyas IsmayilovAzerbaijani prosecutor and politician1938–2025
- Ilyas El OmariMoroccan politicianborn 1967
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