Eliya
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning my god is yahweh; a form of Elijah.
Eliya by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Eliya. In the US, 26 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 45 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Elijah
Like Eliya, each of these traces back to Elijah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Elijahmy God is Yahweh13,294 in the US (2017)
- Elliottbright fame; a form of Elijah2,996 in the US (2017)
- Elliotbright fame; a form of Elijah544 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alijahmy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah676 in the US (2017)
- Eliotgod is my god; a form of Elijah205 in the US (2017)
- Eliahmy god is yahweh; a form of Elijah70 in the US (2017)
- Elyjahmy God is Yahweh; a modern respelling of Elijah67 in the US (2017)
- Elieascended; a form of Elijah44 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Eliya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Elizagod is my oath; short form of Elizabeth712 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elisagod is my oath; form of elizabeth113 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eliamy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah255 in the US (2017)
- Elinabright shining light; form of Helen69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eliyahmy god is yahweh; variant of Elijah19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elidasmall winged one; a form of Alida42 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Eliya
Names that are said the same way as Eliya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean God
Like Eliya, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Eliya
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