Given name

Eligiusz

“to choose”

Eligiusz is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

Original LatinEligius

Meaning & origin

What it means

Eligiusz goes back to Latin Eligius, meaning “to choose.”

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Where it comes from

Eligiusz comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Eligius.

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Eligiusz’s family of names

In Polish usage, Eligiusz has a diminutive in Eligiuszek. In Polish usage, Eligiusz has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Eligio. In Polish usage, Eligiusz has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form Eligius.

Walk Eligiusz’s family in the name graph

EligiuszEligiuszekEloyEligioEloiEligiusÉloiElígiuszElígius

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Eligiusz has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

Latinwhere Eligiusz comes from · 1 name

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 7

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Eligiusz

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Eligiusz, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Latin

Enniusz

Enniusz is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

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Latin

Epifaniusz

“revelation”

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Latin

Eufemiusz

Eufemiusz is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

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Latin

Askaniusz

Askaniusz is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

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Latin

Aureliusz

“of the Aurelius family”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Melaniusz

Melaniusz is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

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Ancient Greek

Zenobiusz

Zenobiusz is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Polish.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Apoloniusz

Apoloniusz is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Polish.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Eligiusz’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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