Elisha

ee-LIE-shah; eh-lee-shuh
Hebrew
"God is my salvation"

Elisha Origin and Meaning

The name Elisha is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my salvation".

Creative name whose only limitation is that it looks like it would be pronounced akin to Alicia and Elissa — although as a Biblical boys’ name, it is traditionally pronounced ee-LIE-shah.

With Elijah a Top 10 choice, Elisha seems like a natural alternative for those preferring a slightly more unusual – but still super traditional – boy name. In fact, in the Old Testament, Elisha was a prophet and disciple of similarly named Elijah.

# 855 in the US

Elisha Rank in US Top 1000

Popularity of the name Elisha

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Famous People Named Elisha

  • Elisha
    faithful attendant and successor to the prophet Elijah in the Bible.
  • Elisha Graves Otis
    American industrialist
  • Elisha Albright Hoffman (1839
    1929), hymnist
  • Elisha Marshall Pease
    fifth and thirteenth Governor of Texas
  • Elisha Nelson "Eli" Manning
    American football player
  • Elisha Cook Jr.
    American character actor
  • Elisha Hunt Allen
    American congressman, lawyer and diplomat
  • Elisha Kane
    American explorer and medical officer
  • Elisha ben Abuyah
    Jewish rabbi and religious authority
  • Elisha Harris
    20th Governor of Rhode Island

International Variations of the name Elisha

  • Elizur
    Eastern European
  • Eliseo
    Spanish

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