Given name
Eliazar
“God will help”
Eliazar is a variant of Eleazar. One Hebrew interpretation is “God will help.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eliazar is a variant of Eleazar. One Hebrew interpretation is “God will help.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Eliazar is a variant of Eleazar. The history of Eleazar gives this family its wider story. Eleazar appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Eliazar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,116
- 2,116 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 57 babies
- 2025
- 41
- #3,009 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 41 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,009 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 57 in 2007. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,001 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.
Eliazar’s family of names
Eliazar has a related form in Eleazar.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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