Eliab
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning my god is father.
Babies a year
39
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3684
5 babies
Eliab by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Eliab. In the US, 39 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 46 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Eliab. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Eliasthe Lord is my God4,894 in the US (2017)
- Eliansun; diminutive of Elias or form of Helios486 in the US (2017)
- Eliamy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah255 in the US (2017)
- Eliammy God is a people133 in the US (2017)
- Eliahmy god is yahweh; a form of Elijah70 in the US (2017)
- Eliazmy god is strong; a form of Elijah29 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Eliab, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Eliab
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