Given name & surname
Eliezer
“God helps”
Eliezer is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “God helps.”
Original Hebrewאליעזר
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “God helps.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
The name appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Eliezer appears in Genesis 15:2, Exodus 18:4, 1 Chronicles 27:16 and 3 other passages.
- Genesis 15:2
- Exodus 18:4
- 1 Chronicles 27:16
- Ezra 10:18
- Ezra 10:23
- Ezra 10:31
From biblical name research
Eliezer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,169
- 8,164 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 271 babies
- 2025
- 271
- #893 for boys · #15,562 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 266 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 893 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (76). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,603 as a first name in 2020; 208 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eliezer’s family of names
In English usage, Eliezer has a short form in Elie. Eliezer has a related form in Eleazar. In English usage, Eliezer has a conventional equivalent in the French form Éliézer.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 10
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Ezrashares a root
- Elisee also
- Azariahshares a root
- Azrielshares a root
- Ezrahshares a root
- Ezrishares a root
- Azarelshares a root
- Azzurshares a root
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People named Eliezer
- Eliezer Ben-YehudaRussian hebrew linguist, grammarian, journalist, lexicographer, newspaper editor and Zionist activist1858–1922
- Eliezer YudkowskyAmerican AI researcher and writer (born 1979)
- Eliezer KaplanIsraeli politician (1891-1952)
- Eli DasaIsraeli footballerborn 1992
- Eliezer MelamedIsraeli rabbiborn 1961
- Eliezer HalfinMunich Massacre victim (1948–1972)
- Eliezer ben Hyrcanuslate 1st/early 2nd century Judean rabbi and tannaim (sage)100–200
- Eliezer MosesIsraeli politicianborn 1946
- Eliezer ShostakIsraeli politician (1911–2001)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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