Given name & surname
Elchanan
“God is gracious”
Elchanan is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “God is gracious.”
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 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elchanan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 83
- 83 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 160 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Elchanan’s family of names
Elchanan has a related form in Elchana. Elchanan has a related form in Elchannan. Elchanan has a related form in Elhana.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Elchanan
- Elchonon WassermanBelarusian Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva (1874–1941)1875–1941
- Elhanan HelpmanIsraeli-American economistborn 1946
- Elhanan TannenbaumIsraeli Defence Forces' Colonel (1946–2024)
- Elhanan GlazerIsraeli politicianborn 1947
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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