Elijah

i-LIE-zhuh

Hebrew

"Yahweh is God"

Elijah Origin and Meaning

Variation of Alijah

Elijah Rank in US Top 1000

# 8 in the US

Elijah Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 102 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Elijah

• 8 US 2024
• 102 Nameberry 2025
• 33 Canada 2024
• 25 Future 2035
• 23 England 2024
• 76 scotland 2024
• 12 Australia 2024
• 8 New Zealand 2024
• 254 Germany 2016
• 182 Netherlands 2015
• 164 switzerland 2024

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Famous People Named Elijah

• Elijah of the sons of Harim (Ezra 10:21)
• Elijah Eugene Cummings U.S. Congressman from Maryland
• Elijah Jordan Wood American actor
• Elijah Kelley American actor and singer
• Elijah Samuel Burke American pro wrestler
• Elijah Brigham U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
• Elijah Parish Lovejoy American journalist and abolitionist
• Elijah Muhammad (born Elijah Robert Poole) American leader of the Nation of Islam
• Elijah Hunt Mills U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
• Elijah Adams Morse U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
• Elijah McCoy Canadian,American inventor
• Elijah Jones American YouTube singer of duo Kinlee and Elijah
• Elijah Eugene Pitts American NFL football player
• Elijah Levi "Eli" Dale YouTuber from The Dale Tribe family vloggers
• Elijah Blue Allman (b. 1976) son of singers Cher and Gregg Allman
• Elijah Spader (b. 1992) son of actor James Spader
• Elijah Garcia (b. 1992) son of singer Tiffany Darwish and Bulmaro Garcia
• Elijah Judd (b. 1994) son of singer Wynonna Judd
• Elijah Croce (b. 1997) son of singer A.J. Croce; grandson of singer Jim Croce
• Elijah Holyfield (b. 1998) son of boxer Evander Holyfield
• Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Hewson (b. 1999) son of singer Bono of U2
• Elijah Diamond (b. 2000) son of actress Sheryl Lee and Jesse Diamond; grandson of singer Neil Diamond
• Elijah Wright (b. 2001) son of actors Jeffrey Wright and Carmen Ejogo
• Elijah Nelson Clark (b. 2001) son of actress Tracy Nelson and Chris Clark
• Elijah Hendrix Wahlberg (b. 2001) son of actor/singer Donnie Wahlberg
• Elijah Atkins (b. 2002) son of singer Rodney Atkins
• Elijah Wolf O'Connell (b. 2002) son of model Amanda Swafford and Tobias O'Connell
• Elijah Jeramiah Stotijn (b. 2003) son of singers Anouk and Remon Stotijn
• Elijah Alexander Knox (b. 2004), son of actor/comedian Flex Alexander and singer Shanice Wilson
• Elijah Burress (b. 2006) son of NFL player Plaxico Burress
• Elijah Harrison (b. 2007) son of NFL player Damon Harrison
• Elijah Pineda Palanca (b. 2007) son of actors Bernard Palanca and Meryll Soriano
• Elijah Makai Solomon (b. 2009) eldest son of octomom Nadya Suleman
• Elijah Dylan Westbrook (b. 2010) son of musicians Karen Fairchild and Jim Westbrook of band Little Big Town
• Elijah Porter (b. 2010) son of reality TV personality Alex Nation ("The Bachelor Australia") and Joel Porter
• Elijah Joseph Underwood (b. 2011) son of TV presenters Angellica Bell and Michael Underwood
• Elijah Gestede (b. 2012) son of footballer Rudy Gestede
• Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish John (b. 2013), son of singer Elton John and David Furnish
• Elijah Craig Walker (b. 2013) son of singer Clay Walker
• Elijah Beckwith (b. 2013) son of actress Heather Morris
• Elijah Anderson (b. 2013) son of Australian rules footballer Jed Anderson
• Elijah Connor Brown (b. 2019) son of reality TV personalities Noah and Rhain Brown of "Alaskan Bush People"

The name Elijah in Pop Culture

• Elijah Mikaleson Character on TV's 'The Vampire Diaries' and 'The Originals'
• Elijah Springfield character in Frank Peretti's "Veritas Project"
• Elijah "Mr. Glass" Price character in "Unbreakable"
• Elijah Leslie "Eli" Pepperjack character in the Netflix series "Trollhunters"
• "Elijah Rock " spiritual song
• "Elijah " song by Matthew and the Atlas

International Variations of the name Elijah

• Elihu Hebrew
• Ilias Russian
• Ilie Romanian
• Eliyahu Hebrew
• Elio Russian
• Ilya Greek
• Élie French
• Elia Spanish