Elias

Given Name ELIAS

GENDER: Masculine

OTHER SCRIPTS: Ηλιας (Greek)

PRONOUNCED: ə-LEE-əsh (Portuguese), e-LEE-as (German), E-lee-ahs (Finnish), i-LIE-əs (English), ee-LIE-əs (English) [details]

Meaning & History

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

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

FEMININE FORM: Iliana (Greek)

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

SAME SPELLING: Éliás, Elías