Given name & surname · also Greek
Eliseo
“God is my salvation”
Eliseo is a variant of Elisha. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my salvation.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eliseo is a variant of Elisha. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my salvation.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Greek and Hebrew naming traditions.
How it developed
From Spanish Eliseo, from Hebrew אֱלִישָׁע (Elisha').
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eliseo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11,996
- 11,996 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 547 babies
- 2025
- 547
- #550 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +50%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 547 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 550 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 50.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (148). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,308 as a first name in 2020; 266 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.
Eliseo’s family of names
Eliseo shares a linguistic root with Yelisei. Eliseo has a related form in Elisha. In Spanish usage, Eliseo can be written in the Roman alphabet as เอลีเซโอ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Eliseo
- Eliseo SalazarChilean racing driverborn 1954
- Eliseo MouriñoArgentine association football player1927–1961
- Eliseo PradoArgentine association football player (1929-2016)
- Eliseo ÁlvarezUruguayan footballer (1940–1999)
- Eliseo RiveroUruguayan footballerborn 1957
- Eliseo Antonio AriottiItalian nuncioborn 1948
- Eliseo InsfránParaguayan footballer (1935–2020)
- Eliseo Albertowriter (1951–2011)
- Eliseo MartínSpanish athletics competitor (born 1973)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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