Gender: Boy
Meaning: My God is Yahweh
Origin: Greek and Latin form of Elijah — from Hebrew Eliyyahu (אֵלִיָּהוּ)
Popularity: Ranked #25 in 2024 with 7,653 babies born.
History: Elias is the Greek and Latin form of the Hebrew prophet Elijah — the same fire-and-thunder figure who appears in the New Testament as well, associated with John the Baptist. The name has been used across Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions for centuries. It is especially popular in Scandinavia, Germany, and Latin America. In the United States it has been climbing steadily since the 1990s and entered the top 50 by the 2010s. It offers the biblical gravitas of Elijah with a slightly more international, less familiar feel.
Name length: 5 letters
How common is Elias? About 1 in 435 babies born in 2024 were named Elias, or roughly 21 per day in the United States.
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