Elias

Meaning and origin of Elias

Popularity of Elias in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2017.
• Over recent years, Elias has been stable (−0.7% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Elias every 3.6 schools, all spellings combined.

Elias in English-speaking countries

Elias ranks 24^th in United States, 56^th in New Zealand and 62^nd in British Columbia (Canada), against 131^st in France.

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  24^th boys’ name23,527 babies in 3 years1 boy in 219+7.4% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  56^th boys’ name200 babies in 3 years1 boy in 246+13.6% a year

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

  62^nd boys’ name162 babies in 3 years1 boy in 275+9.6% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  70^th boys’ name476 babies in 3 years1 boy in 357+1.9% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  80^th boys’ name1,986 babies in 3 years1 boy in 416+8.1% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  184^th boys’ name34 babies in 3 years1 boy in 749

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  202^nd boys’ name64 babies in 3 years1 boy in 937+12.4% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  213^th boys’ name63 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,140+10.2% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Elias, Élias, Elïas and Elías are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Élias210
• Elïas5
• Elíasabroad
• Elyas590
• Élyas55
• Hélias (in French)55
• Elyass (in French)40
• Elyasse15
• Eliyas10
• Ellias10
• Ellyas5
• Helias (in French)5
• Helyas5
• Hélyas5

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 Elias

• Mattia
• Ismaïl
• Elijah
• Eliot
• Rafael
• Mattéo
• Ilyas
• Elliot
• Youssef
• Matéo
• Gianni
• Mathias

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin