Elia

Meaning and origin of Elia

Popularity of Elia in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2016.
• Over recent years, Elia has been stable (−0.5% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Elia every 2.3 schools, all spellings combined.

Elia in English-speaking countries

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  493^rd girls’ name5 babies in 3 years1 girl in 4,502

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  1,022^nd girls’ name29 babies in 3 years1 girl in 5,327

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  887^th girls’ name892 babies in 3 years1 girl in 5,417+6.5% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  776^th girls’ name141 babies in 3 years1 girl in 5,446+3.7% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  864^th girls’ name5 babies in 3 years1 girl in 7,940

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Scotland, Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Elia, Élia, Elïa and Élïa are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Élia335
• Elïa50
• Élïa15
• Elya1,560
• Élya450
• Hélia150
• Elyah (in French)130
• Eliya100
• Hélya (in French)90
• Ellia60
• Ellya (in French)45
• Helya (in French)25
• Helia15
• Éliya15
• Ëlya15
• Elyha10
• Élyah (in French)10
• Éliah5
• Ellyah5
• Hëlya (in French)5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Elia

• Lia
• Elisa
• Giovanna
• Naomi
• Giuseppa
• Anaëlle
• Talya
• Raphaëlle
• Paola
• Chiara
• Talia
• Myriam

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin