Eliya
“spelling of Elijah: my God is Yahweh”probable meaning
Girl’s name, of Hebrew origin. Lire en français
- most given girl’s name in France
- 1,122nd
- births in 2023–2025
- 115
- babies born in France
- 1 in 18,182
- +1.6% a year recently
- Stable
- peak year
- 2025
Meaning and origin of Eliya
Eliya is thought to mean “spelling of Elijah: my God is Yahweh” and is of Hebrew origin.
Probable meaning: the sources partly agree.
Popularity of Eliya in France since 1986
- It peaked in 2025.
- Over recent years, Eliya has been stable (+1.6% a year).
- In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Eliya every 2.3 schools, all spellings combined.
Eliya in English-speaking countries
- England and WalesONS · 2023-25
38 babies in 3 years1 girl in 20,206
- Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24
1,947th girls’ name6 babies in 3 years1 girl in 25,750
- United StatesSSA · 2023-25
104 babies in 3 years1 girl in 46,462+3.2% a year
Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada), Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland and New Zealand.
Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Eliya and Éliya are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.
Same sound, other spellings
- Éliya15
- Elya1,560
- Elia815
- Élya450
- Élia335
- Hélia150
- Elyah (in French)130
- Hélya (in French)90
- Ellia60
- Elïa50
- Ellya (in French)45
- Helya (in French)25
- Helia15
- Élïa15
- 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.
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