Given name & surname · also Latin
Lìa
“Jah is my God”
Lìa is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Sicilian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lìa goes back to Hebrew אֵלִיָּה (ēliyā́), meaning “Jah is my God.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Lìa comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Sicilian usage, Lìa developed from Ἠλίας.
Lìa’s family of names
In Sicilian usage, Lìa developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἠλίας. In Sicilian usage, Lìa has a conventional equivalent in the English form Elijah. In Sicilian usage, Lìa has a related form in Ilìa.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lìa has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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