Elai
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning ascended or high; form of Eli.
Elai by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Elai. In the US, 12 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Eli
Like Elai, each of these traces back to Eli: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Ellisonson of Eli; a patronymic form369 in the US (2017)
- Elyascended; a form of Eli99 in the US (2017)
- Ellisynson of Eli; a modern respelling of Ellison62 in the US (2017)
- Elihmy God is Yahweh; form of Eli22 in the US (2017)
- Alikmy father is Yahweh; a form of Eli19 in the US (2017)
- Elsonson of Eli or Ellis11 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Elai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Eliascended; my god is yahweh6,576 in the US (2017)
- Elanenthusiasm; liveliness; spirited vigor142 in the US (2017)
- Elamhidden or high; biblical place name used as personal name108 in the US (2017)
- Esaigod is salvation; a form of isaiah58 in the US (2017)
- Eladgod is my witness6 in the US (2017)
- Elii9 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Elai
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