Gender: Mostly Girl
Meaning: My God is Yahweh
Origin: Hebrew/Italian
Popularity: Ranked #841 in 2024 with 320 babies born.
History: Elia surged in the 2020s as a multicultural name working in Italian, Spanish, and Hebrew traditions. Director Elia Kazan shaped American cinema with A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront. Elia represents the Mediterranean influence on American art and naming.
Name length: 4 letters
How common is Elia? About 1 in 9,732 babies born in 2024 were named Elia, or roughly 0.9 per day in the United States.
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