Elias name - Meaning of Elias
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- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 1
- Usage
- Greek, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- e-LEE-ahs (German) , i-LIE-əs (English) , ee-LIE-əs (English)
- Elias Meaning
- Cognate of Elijah. This is the form used in the Greek New Testament. Elias is a variant of Elijah. Elijah originates in Hebrew language and means "Yahweh is my God". According to the Books of Kings, Elijah was a prophet in Israel in 9th century BC. As a masculine given name it has been used over centuries, but recently its popularity in the United States has risen considerably.
Elias Related Names
Variants: Elis (Swedish), Eelis, Eljas (Finnish), Helias (Biblical Latin), Eliou (Biblical Greek)
Other Languages: 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), Elia (Italian), Ilija (Macedonian), Elis (Medieval English), Eliasz (Polish), Ilie (Romanian), Ilia, Ilya (Russian), Ilija (Serbian), Elías (Spanish)
Elias Celebrities
Elias Canetti - author, Elias Koteas - actor, Elias Peak - baseball player, Elias Sosa - baseball player,
