Gender Masculine
Pronounced Pron. EH-lis(Swedish)  [key]

Meaning & History

Swedish variant of Elias, as well as a medieval English form.

Related Names

Rootsʾel + Yahweh
DiminutiveLias(Swedish)
Other Languages & CulturesElias(Amharic) Ilyas(Arabic) Ilyes(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Ilia, Ilya(Belarusian) Elijah, Elias(Biblical) Elias, Eliou(Biblical Greek) 'Eliyyahu(Biblical Hebrew) Elias, Helias(Biblical Latin) Ilia, Ilija, Iliya(Bulgarian) Ilija(Croatian) Eliáš, Ilja(Czech) Elias(Danish) Elias, Elian(Dutch) Elijah, Alijah, Elias(English) Ilja(Estonian) Eelis, Elias, Eljas(Finnish) Élie(French) Ilia(Georgian) Elias(German) Elias, Ilias(Greek) Elijah, Eliya, Eliyahu(Hebrew) Illés, Éliás(Hungarian) Elías(Icelandic) Elia(Italian) Ilja, Elijas(Lithuanian) Ilija, Ile(Macedonian) Elias(Norwegian) Eliasz(Polish) Elias(Portuguese) Ilie(Romanian) Ilia, Ilja, Ilya(Russian) Ilija(Serbian) Elías(Spanish) İlyas(Turkish) Illya(Ukrainian)
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Popularity

People think this name is

classic   upper class   wholesome   refined   strange   simple   serious  

Name Days

Estonia: November 19
Sweden: April 17

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Entry updated January 21, 2022