Lijah
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning my god is yahweh; a form of Elijah.
Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies
Lijah by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Lijah.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Elijah
Like Lijah, 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.
- 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)
- Eliamy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah255 in the US (2017)
- Eliotgod is my god; a form of Elijah205 in the US (2017)
- Eliyahmy god is yahweh; variant of Elijah19 in England and Wales (2025)
- 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)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lijah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean God
Like Lijah, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Lijah
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