Eliani

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 28 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
28
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Eliani by the numbers

Eliani was given to 28 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 28 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Eliani

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 Eliani. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Elianamy God has answered736 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Elianebright sun; french form of Helen12 in the US (2017)
  • Elianiebright sun; variant of Eliane12 in the US (2017)
  • Elianisgod is my light; a form of Eliana10 in the US (2017)
  • Elani73 in the US (2017)
  • Eliany33 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Eliani

Names that are said the same way as Eliani, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Eliannygod has answered me; a form of Eliana49 in the US (2017)
  • Elianni13 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Eliani

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