Eliyahu

Hebrew
"Jehovah is God"

Eliyahu Origin and Meaning

The name Eliyahu is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Jehovah is God".

Eliyahu is the Hebrew form of the increasingly popular Biblical prophet name Elijah, also found in forms Elias and Eli. There were 100 boys given the name Eliyahu in the U.S. in 2012. Its upside is that it's one of the most distinctive forms of the name, but that final yahoo may prove difficult.

Eliyahu Popularity

Famous People Named Eliyahu

  • Eliyahu Essas
    Russian,Israeli rabbi and former Soviet Jewish leader
  • Eliyahu Rips
    Latvian,Israeli mathematician
  • Eliyahu Sasson
    Israeli politician
  • Eliyahu Ben Haim
    Israeli,American rabbi and Talmudic scholar
  • Eliyahu Moshe Goldratt
    Israeli physicist and business management guru
  • Eliyahu Rahamim Zini
    rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Or Vishua in Haifa, Israel
  • Eliyahu Bakshi
    Doron, former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel