Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Elias

ELIAS

GENDER: Masculine

OTHER SCRIPTS: Ηλιας (Greek)

PRONOUNCED: e-LEE-ahs (German), i-LIE-əs (English), ee-LIE-əs (English) [key]

Meaning & History

Cognate of ELIJAH. This is the form used in the Greek New Testament.

Related Names

VARIANTS: Eljas, Eelis (Finnish), Helias (Biblical Latin), Eliou (Biblical Greek)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Ilyas (Arabic), Elijah (Biblical), Eliyyahu (Biblical Hebrew), Ilia, Iliya, Ilija (Bulgarian), Ilija (Croatian), Elia (Dutch), Élie (French), Eliyahu, Eliyyahu, Elijah (Hebrew), Illés, Éliás (Hungarian), Elia (Italian), Ilija (Macedonian), Elis (Medieval English), Eliasz (Polish), Ilie (Romanian), Ilia, Ilya (Russian), Ilija (Serbian), Elías (Spanish), Elis (Swedish)

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