Elliya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Elliya by the numbers
Elliya was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Elliya
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 Elliya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Elliagod is my salvation; a form of Elias122 in the US (2017)
- Eliyamy god is yahweh; a form of Elijah13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ellinabright, shining; a form of Helen16 in the US (2017)
- Elliyahmy god is Yahweh; variant of Elijah8 in the US (2017)
- Elaiya18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ellisa7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Elliya
Names that are said the same way as Elliya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Elliya
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