Elii
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Elii by the numbers
Elii was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Elii
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 Elii. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Eliascended; my god is yahweh6,576 in the US (2017)
- Eliamy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah255 in the US (2017)
- Eliosun; from Helios147 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elisgod is my salvation; a form of Elias or Ellis119 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elieascended; a form of Elijah44 in the US (2017)
- Elihmy God is Yahweh; form of Eli22 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Elii
Names that are said the same way as Elii, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Elihumy god is he14 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Elii
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