Elias

The New Testament form of Elijah, a Hebrew prophet, from Ancient Greek Ἠλίας (Ēlías).

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈlaɪəs/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈɛliəs/

Elias

1. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 16:14, column 2:

     Some ſay that thou art John the Baptiſt, ſome Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of yͤ Prophets.

   • 2025 May 22, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Audrey Ash, Holmes Lybrand, Sara Smart and John Miller, “‘Only sane thing to do:’ Writings, interviews tied to suspect in Israeli embassy staffer killings show political activism”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     In a 2017 GoFundMe page that included his photo, a testimonial attributed to Elias Rodriguez described how, when he was 11, his father’s deployment to Iraq sparked his political awakening and mobilized him to prevent “another generation of Americans coming home from genocidal imperialist wars.”

2. A surname.

• Elias delta code, Elias delta coding
• Elias gamma code, Elias gamma coding
• Elias omega code, Elias omega coding
• Saint Elias Mountains

• slaie, Ailes, Salei, aisle, ELISA, saile, eLISA, Alesi, liase

Elias

1. Elijah (biblical character)
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Elias or Elijah

• → Greenlandic: Iliarsi, Illiarsi

Elias

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Elias or Elijah

• Eelija
• Ilja

Elias m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Elias: Eliasarson or Eliasson
• daughter of Elias: Eliasardóttir or Eliasdóttir

From Ancient Greek Ἠλίας (Ēlías), from Biblical Hebrew אֱלִיָּה (ʾĕliyyā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈeliɑs/, [ˈe̞liɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -eliɑs
• Syllabification^(key): E‧li‧as
• Hyphenation^(key): E‧li‧as

Elias

1. (dated) Elijah, Elias (biblical character)
   • 1776, The Holy Bible, Matt. 16:14:

     Niin he sanoivat: monikahdat Johannes Kastajan; mutta muutamat Eliaan; muutamat taas Jeremiaan, taikka jonkun prophetaista.

     Some say that thou art John the Baptist; some, Elias; and others, Jeremias or one of the prophets.

2. a male given name of biblical origin
   • 1931, Elias Lönnrot, Kaksi viatonta päivää, SKS (1985), →ISBN, page 32:

     Perille tultaessa ei muori muistanutkaan kotona annettuja, ties kuinkakin harvinaisia nimiä. Pastori ehdotti silloin raamatullista Eliasta, jonka nimipäivä oli lähimailla almanakassa. Kotona oli äiti tyytymättömänä tokaissut, että "olis hänen sitte pannut vaikka Tuisku-Jaakoksi", ja isän mielestä oli pojasta tehty "hulikka". Sammatissa Eliaksen arkimuoto on nimittäin Elkka.

     Yet when grandmother arrived, she did not remember the who knows how rare names she had been given at home. The pastor suggested the biblical Elias whose name day was coming up. At home the mother had unhappyily blurted out that "he could as well have been called Tuisku-Jaakko". The father thought his son had been made into a "hulikka". In Sammatti, Elias had a colloquial form Elkka.

   • 1994, Salme Aejmelaeus, Täyttä elämää, Karisto, →ISBN, pages 127–128:

     Poikamme sai nimekseen Paul Elias. Paul oli aina ollut lempinimeni lapsuuteni mielikirjan Kahden vuoden loma-ajan ja Välskärin kertomusten Paulien mukaan. Toisen nimen Paul sai Larsin isoisän Eliaksen muistoksi ja myös sen takia, että hän syntyi Elias Lönnrotin 150-vuotispäivänä. ( - - - ) Martti naureskeli nimen kuultuaan, että pienokaisen ja hänen välillään vallitsee kansanperinteessä mainittu leikillinen yhteys: poika oli kummin kaima. Myös Martin toinen nimi oli Elias.

     Our son was given the name Paul Elias.Paul had always been my nickname after the Pauls in Two Years' Vacation, my favorite childhood book, and Välskärin kertomuksia. The second name was given after Lars's grandfather Elias and also beacuse he was born to the day 150 years after Elias Lönnrot. [ - - - ] Martti laughed a bit when he heard the name, as there was a connection between him and the newborn as the folk traditions jocularly state: the boy had the same name as his godfather. Martti too had the second name Elias.

• Eelis
• Elia
• Eljas

• Elias is the 61^st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 11,652 male individuals (and as a middle name to 16,234 more), and also belongs to 33 female individuals (and as a middle name to 41 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Elisa

• IPA^(key): [eˈliːas]

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• Hyphenation: E‧li‧as

Elias

1. a male given name originating from the Bible

• Elia

• Hēliās

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἠλίας (Ēlías), from Biblical Hebrew אֵלִיָּה (Ēliyā́, “Jah is my God”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈeː.li.aːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.li.as]

Ēliās m sg (genitive Ēliae); first declension

1. Elias

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

• Old French: Elyas, Elie
  • French: Élie
    • → English: Elie
  • Norman: Élyie, Élie, Éyie, Laïesse
  • → Middle English: Aliot, Alyott, Eliot, Elliot, Elliott (diminutive; transferred to surname, then again to given name in Modern English)
• Italian: Elia
• Romanian: Ilie
• → Catalan: Elies
• → Czech: Eliáš, Elijáš
• → Danish: Elias
  • → Greenlandic: Iliarsi, Illiarsi
• → Dutch: Elia, Elian, Ellias
• → English: Elias
• → Estonian: Elias, Elija
• → Faroese: Líggjas, Elias
• → Finnish: Elias, Eljas, Elia
  • → Skolt Sami: E´llj
• → French: Ellias
• → German: Elias, Elia
• → Hungarian: Illés, Éliás
• → Icelandic: Elías
• → Italian: Elia
• → Kazakh: Ілияс (Iliäs)
• → Middle English: Elis
  • ⇒ English: Ellis (surname)
• → Northern Sami: Elejas, Eljas
• → Norwegian: Elias, Elia, Eliah
• → Persian: الیاس (elyâs)
• → Polish: Eliasz
• → Portuguese: Elias
• → Spanish: Elías
• → Swedish: Elias, Elia, Eliah
  • ⇒ Swedish: Elis (short form)
    • → Finnish: Eelis
    • → Icelandic: Elís
    • → Northern Sami: Eles
• ⇒ Latin: Sānctus Hēliās (“Saint Elijah”)
  • Romanian: Sântilie, Sântilii

Elias

1. a male given name of biblical origin

• Elia

Borrowed from Latin Ēlīās, from Ancient Greek Ἠλίας (Ēlías), from Hebrew אליה.

Elias m

1. (biblical) Elijah (Old Testament prophet)
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Elijah

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Elias c (genitive Elias)

1. a male given name of biblical origin
2. genitive of Elia

• Elia
• Elis
• Lias