Elayah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in England and Wales.
Elayah by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Elayah. In the US, 13 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 23 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Elayah
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 Elayah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Eliyahmy god is yahweh; variant of Elijah19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elajahmy god is yahweh; a form of Elijah6 in the US (2017)
- Elayjahmy god is yahweh; a form of Elijah6 in the US (2017)
- Elaiahmy god is yahweh; biblical name3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elaya71 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elaynah3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Elayah
Names that are said the same way as Elayah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Eliamy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah255 in the US (2017)
- Elliagod is my salvation; a form of Elias122 in the US (2017)
- Elaiaolive tree30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elyamy god is yahweh; modern form of Elijah6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eulawell-spoken; sweet voice14 in the US (2017)
- Elahiof god; divine11 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Elayah
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