Given name & surname
Eilam
“one who is eternal”
Eilam is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is eternal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is eternal.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eilam through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 224
- 224 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 59 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #4,750 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +271%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,750 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5).
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eilam’s family of names
Eilam has a related form in Elam. Eilam has a related form in Elim. Eilam has a related form in Elom.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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