Eiljah
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Eiljah by the numbers
Eiljah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Eiljah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Eiljah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Elijahmy God is Yahweh13,294 in the US (2017)
- Eliahmy god is yahweh; a form of Elijah70 in the US (2017)
- Elyjahmy God is Yahweh; a modern respelling of Elijah67 in the US (2017)
- Ellijahmy god is yahweh; a form of Elijah4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eliyjahmy god is yahweh; variant spelling of elijah7 in the US (2017)
- Elizjahmy god is yahweh; variant spelling of elijah7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Eiljah
Names that are said the same way as Eiljah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Eljay5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Eiljah
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