Given name
Elye
“one who has ascended; my God on high”·“jehovah is God”
Elye is a variant of Eli. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who has ascended; my God on high.” Elye is an affectionate form of Eliyahu. One interpretation is “jehovah is God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Elye is a variant of Eli. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who has ascended; my God on high.” Elye is an affectionate form of Eliyahu. One interpretation is “jehovah is God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Elye is a variant of Eli. An origin associated with Eli is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Elye is a variant of Eli. The history of Eli gives this family its wider story. Eli appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Elye through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 190
- 190 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,577 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,577 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 208 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.
Elye’s family of names
Elye is an affectionate form of Eliyahu. Elye has a related form in Eli.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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