Given name & surname
Eliyahu
“jehovah is God”
Eliyahu is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “jehovah is God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “jehovah is God.”
Where it comes from
Eliyahu is a variant of Elijah. An origin associated with Elijah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Eliyahu is a variant of Elijah. The history of Elijah gives this family its wider story. Elijah appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Eliyahu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,661
- 3,661 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 162 babies
- 2025
- 162
- #1,236 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +25%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 162 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,236 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 24.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New Jersey had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (72). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,364 as a first name in 2020; 145 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.
Eliyahu’s family of names
Eliyahu has an affectionate form in Elye. Eliyahu has a related form in Elijah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eliyahu
- Eliyahu M. GoldrattIsraeli business management author and thinker (1947-2011)
- Eliyahu RipsIsraeli-Latvian mathematician (1948-2024)
- Eliyahu DobkinIsraeli activist (1898-1976)
- Eliyahu SassonIsraeli politician, diplomat and minister (1902–1978)
- Eliyahu BerligneIsraeli politician (1866–1959)
- Eliyahu MazurIsraeli politician1889–1973
- Eliyahu HacarmeliIsraeli politician1891–1952
- Eliyahu de Vidasrabbi1518–1592
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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