Elion
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 30 babies a year in England and Wales.
Elion by the numbers
In 2025, 30 babies in England and Wales were named Elion. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Elion
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 Elion. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Eliansun; diminutive of Elias or form of Helios486 in the US (2017)
- Eliotgod is my god; a form of Elijah205 in the US (2017)
- Elonoak tree; from Hebrew elon195 in the US (2017)
- Eliosun; from Helios147 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eldonold hill or from the old valley72 in the US (2017)
- Eltonold town or settlement of the eels12 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Elion
Names that are said the same way as Elion, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Elion
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