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View Name: Elias


ELIAS
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Greek, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
OTHER SCRIPTS: Ηλιας (Greek)
PRONOUNCED: e-LEE-ahs (German)   [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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