Eleazar

Hebrew

"God helps"

Eleazar Origin and Meaning

The name Eleazar is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God helps".

Eleazar is a distinguished Biblical name--in which it appears several times-- ripe for the picking following the stardom of Eli, Elijah, and other similar names.

Eleazar is also a Twilight name, first appearing in the Stephenie Meyers book Breaking Dawn.

It's related most closely to Eliezer, which also appears in the Bible many times. The name also belonged to three great Talmudic scholars.

Eleazar Popularity

• 1618 Nameberry 2023
• 96 Unique 2023
• 649 Future 2028
• 360 Mexico 2021

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Famous People Named Eleazar

• Eleazar Biblical priest and son of Aaron
• Eleazar (son of Aminadab) who was entrusted as a keeper of the Ark of the covenant
• Eleazar (son of Dodo) one of King David's warriors
• Eleazar son of Mahli (1 Chr. 23:21)
• Eleazar (son of Pinhas) one of those in charge of the sacred vessels brought back to Jerusalem after the Babylonian Exile
• Eleazar of the sons of Parosh (Ezra 10:25)
• Eleazar Avaran the younger brother of Judas Maccabeus
• Eleazar Biblical figure in 2 Maccabees 6, "one of the leading teachers of the law"
• Eleazar son of Eliud, father of Matthan, mentioned in Jesus' genealogy (Matthew 1:15)
• Eleazar ben Simon Jewish resistance leader in the First Jewish,Roman War
• Eleazar ben Azariah 1st century Mishanic scholar
• Eleazar ben Arach one of the Tannaim of the 1st century
• Eleazar Wheelock American minister and founder of Dartmouth College
• Eleazar Davidman Israeli tennis player
• Elazar Meisels American Orthodox rabbi
• Eleazar ben Shammua a Mishnaic teacher of the 4th generation
• Elazar Shach rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh yeshiva, founded the Degel HaTorah political party
• Eleazar name chosen by Bodo (bishop) upon conversion to Judaism
• Eleazar Rodgers South African footballer
• Eleazar Lipa Sukenik Israeli archaeologist
• Eleazar of Worms German Talmudist
• Eleazar Roberts Welsh musician
• Eleazar ben Killir Hebrew poet
• Eleazar Alexander Juárez Honduran politician
• Eleazar Albin English naturalist and illustrator