Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Elizar isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elizar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 142
- 142 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,828 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,828 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 378 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.
Elizar’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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If you love Elizar, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Elliot
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