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What does Elias mean?
Elias 
▲ as a boys' name is pronounced ee-LYE-us. It is of Greek and Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Elias is "Jehovah is God". Biblical name from the Greek form of Elijah. The source of both the surnames Ellis and Elliot. Common in the 17th century and now popular in Spain as Elías.
STARTS WITH Eli-
ASSOCIATED WITH greek, biblical, surnames, 17th century, popular (famous)
Variations
VARIANTS Eelia, Eli▲, Elia, Eliasz, Elice, Elie, Eliot, Elis, Eliyahu, Eljasz, Elli, Ellice, Elliot▲, Ellis▲, Elyas, Ilie, Ilia, Ilija, Ilja, Ilya, Ilyaas, Ilyas
SEE ALSO Ellsworth, Elsdon, Elston
RELATED FORMS VIA ELIJAH, ELLIOT, ELLIS Elihu, Elija, Eliott, Eljah, Elliss, Ely, Elyot
FEMININE FORM Ellis
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Eilas, ..
(female) Elial, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Elias Osman (E.O.), ..
How popular is Elias?
Elias is a very prominent first name for men (#452 out of 1220, Top 37%) and also a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#1694 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Elias reached its apex rank of #67 in the U.S. in the year 2018. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Eli (#58 FROM RECENT DATA), Elie, Elihu, Elija, Elijah (#7), Eliot (#1085), Eliott (#1876), Elis, Eliyahu (#1569), Elliot (#162), Ellis (#317), Ellsworth, Elston, Ely (#1950), Elyas (#1472) and Ilyas (#1558) are the popular related forms of Elias (#67) ranked in the Top 2000. Other forms, like Elliss, are uncommon. Usage of these forms of Elias was at its most widespread in the year 2017 (ADOPTION OF 1.57%) and has remained as conventional to this day (ADOPTION 1.57%). Elijah has been the recurring favorite, although Elias seems to be becoming a favorite too, while Ellsworth is now less common.
Similar Names
Elias▲ is pronounced similarly to Aloys, Alwis, Ilias, Ulisse and Wallas. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aias, Amias, Claas, Eian, Eilian, Elam, Elan, Eldis, Elgar, Eliam, Elian▲, Eliana, Eliran, Eliso, Eliu, Elkan, Ellar, Elman, Elmar, Elois, Elrad, Elvis, Elviss (see Elvis), Elvys, Eneas, Enis, Esaias, Esias, Evian, Klaas and Urias. These names tend to be less frequently used than Elias.
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