Save Gender Masculine Usage Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1] Scripts אֱלִיעָם(Ancient Hebrew) Meaning & History Means "God is a kinsman" in Hebrew, derived from אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God" and עַם (ʿam) meaning "people, nation, folk, kinsman". This is the name of one of David's mighty men in the Old Testament. Related Names Rootsʾel + ʿamUser SubmissionEliam PopularityDetails Last ranked #25 in 2023 Puerto Rico Last ranked #381 in 2024 United States Categories family, isograms, theophoric names, trendy Sources & References Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h463, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h463.
