Elias (meaning and origin)

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Elias

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Meaning and origin
Elias is a Latin boy name. The meaning of the name is `The Lord is My God `.

Where is it used?
The name Elias is mainly used in Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish and in Hungarian.

How do they say it elsewhere?
Ilie (In Romanian)
Elijah (In English, Jewish and in the bible)

See also
In Russian: Ilya
In Romanian: Ilinca
In Jewish: Eliyahu
In Italian: Elia
In Hungarian: Ill�s

Extra information:
the Greek form of Elijah

More `Elias` links
Elias as abbreviation
Actors named Elias
Elias in the encyclopedia

Statistics for Elias

Elias appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 173. In the last 128 years Elias has occupied a spot in the top 1000 without interruptions. . 2007 was a `top year` for the name Elias. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #173. Our records go back to 1880

Year	Rank	Rank
2007	173
2006	186
2005	188
2004	207
2003	210
2002	218
2001	228
2000	242
1999	257
1998	261
1997	272
1996	292
1995	299
1994	318
1993	329
1992	341
1991	342
1990	360
1980	420
1970	537
1960	602
1950	535
1940	582
1930	447
1920	470
1910	474
1900	481
1890	289
1880	189

See also the US top 1000 names 2007

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Comments on Elias

Heather
I absolutely love this name! My son's middle name is Elias, and it just fits. It's a gorgeous name!
Marcia
I love this name for a boy! It's a name you don't hear often and I like that. If I find out I'm having a Son this will be his name:)
angela
My eight year old son is named Elias. Its beautiful in English and Spanish. Its a very strong name not heard often.
angela
We named him Elias Michael. You can call him Eli but I like his name so much I shorten his middle so his Nick name is Elias micki

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