Given name
Elioenai
“unto Yah are my eyes”·“Yah the God of my eyes”
Elioenai is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewאליועיני
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Elioenai means “unto Yah are my eyes” or “Yah the God of my eyes.”
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Where it comes from
Elioenai is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew word 'el (אל), “God or expressing motion toward,” and the Hebrew name yah (יה), “and,” and the Hebrew noun 'ayin (עין), “eye or fountain.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Elioenai appears in 1 Chronicles 3:23, Nehemiah 12:41.
- 1 Chronicles 3:23
- Nehemiah 12:41
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Elioenai through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 79
- 79 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,148 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,148 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 133 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.
Elioenai’s family of names
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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