Elijah


Gender:
Origin: Hebrew
224 famous people named Elijah found on Wikipedia.
294106 male, 1129 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 7-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 7-th in year 2018
Used in: Biblical, English, Hebrew

Meanings

Elijah (Hebrew Eliyahu) was a prophet in Israel in the 9th century BCE, mentioned in several holy books. Elias is the Greek equivalent. Due to his prominent role in the original Scriptures and to many later traditions associated with him, his name is used as personal male name in numerous languages.

Name of the great Old Testament prophet, from Hebrew Elijjah, literally "the Lord is God." The Greek form is Elias.

My god is the lord, my god is Yahweh.

Famous People: 224 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Elijah Wood 1981 American actor
2 Elijah Blue Allman 1976 Musician
3 Elijah Muhammad 1897 American religious leader
4 Elijah Kelley 1986 American actor and singer
5 Elijah Cummings 1951 American politician
6 Elijah McCoy 1844 American engineer
7 Elijah Daniel 1994
8 Elijah Millsap 1987 American basketball player
9 Elijah Blake
10 Elijah Parish Lovejoy 1802 American abolitionist
11 Elijah Bond 1847 American lawyer and invnetor
12 Elijah Harper 1949 Canadian politician
13 Elijah Craig 1743 American preacher
14 Elijah Hood 1996 American football player
15 Elijah Baley Fictional human
16 Elijah "EJ" Johnson
17 Elijah Mundo
18 Elijah Pitts 1938 American football player
19 Elijah Taylor 1990 New Zealand rugby league player
20 Elijah Anderson 1943 American sociologist
21 Elijah Dukes 1984 American baseball player
22 Elijah Abel 1808 First black elder and seventy in the Latter Day Saint Movement
23 Elijah Wald 1959 American musician
24 Lee Elijah 1990
25 Elijah Impey 1732 British judge
26 Elijah Ba'al Shem of Chelm 1550 Polish rabbi
27 Elijah Watt Sells 1858 American accountant
28 Elijah Tillery 1957 American boxer
29 Elijah H. Mills 1776 American politician
30 Elijah Benamozegh 1823 Italian rabbi
31 Elijah McCall 1988 American boxer
32 Elijah E. Myers 1832 American architect
33 Elijah Churchill 1755 Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
34 Elijah Qualls
35 Elijah Alexander 1970 American football player
36 Elijah White 1806 United States Indian agent and missionary
37 Elijah Boardman 1760 American politician
38 Elijah Coleman Bridgman 1801 First American missionary to China
39 Elijah King American singer
40 Elijah Brigham 1751 American politician
41 Elijah Moshinsky 1946 Australian opera director
42 Elijah Joy 1985 Emcee, television host, singer, writer, vegan celebrity chef
43 Elijah Masinde 2000 Kenyan footballer
44 Elijah A. Morse 1841 American politician
45 Elijah V. White 1832 Confederate Army officer
46 Elijah Mizrachi 1455 Ottoman rabbi
47 Elijah Nicholas Wilson 1842 American writer
48 Elijah Paine 1757 United States federal judge
49 Elijah Pierson 1784
50 Elijah Lagat 1966 Athletics competitor
51 Elijah McGuire
52 Elijah Manangoi 1993 Kenyan athletics competitor and middle-distance runner
53 Elijah Kellogg 1813 American missionary
54 Elijah Obade 1991 American basketball player
55 Elijah Brown 1971 Canadian dancer
56 Elijah Wadsworth 1747 American general
57 Elijah Litana 1970 Zambian footballer
58 Elijah Tana 1975 Zambian footballer
59 Elijah Ngurare 1970 Namibian politician
60 Elijah V. Brookshire 1856 American politician
61 Elijah Mwangale 1939 Kenyan politician
62 Elijah Bashyazi Karaite rabbi
63 Elijah Shaw American businessman
64 Elijah Bristow 1788
65 Élie de Nisibe 0975
66 Elijah Lee 1996
67 Elijah Fenton 1683 British poet
68 Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson 1855 American politician
69 Elijah Millgram American philosopher
70 Elijah Montalto 1567 Physician
71 Elijah Cadman 1843 British Salvation Army officer
72 Aaron ben Elijah 1328 Rabbi
73 Elijah Martin 1996 American Professional Soccer Player
74 Elijah Johnson
75 Elijah S. Grammer 1868 American politician
76 Elijah Gates 1827 American politician, and colonel in the Confederate States Army
77 Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson 1820 Early white settler to Texas, Robertson's Colony, Son of Sterling C. Robertson
78 Elijah Ward 1816 American politician
79 Elijah Mudenda 1927 Educated politician, Prime Minister of Zambia
80 Elijah Miller 1772 American judge
81 Elijah Malok Aleng 1937 South Sudanese public servant
82 Elijah Mdolomba
83 Elijah Ware 1983 Australian rules footballer
84 Elijah Hise 1802 American politician
85 Elijah Hoole 1798
86 Elijah Loans 1555 German rabbi
87 Elijah Isaacs American statesman
88 Elijah Otieno 1988 Kenyan cricketer
89 Elijah Alick 1996
90 Elijah Spira 1660 Austrian rabbi
91 Elijah Martindale 1793 American pioneer
92 Elijah Leonard 1814 Canadian politician
93 Elijah Steele 1817 American politician
94 Elijah Nevett 1944 American football player
95 Elijah Brush 1772 American mayor
96 Elijah 2000
97 Elijah Ari 1987 Kyrguzstani footballer
98 Elijah L. Daughtridge 1863 American politician
99 Perez ben Elijah Talmudist
100 Elijah Embree Hoss 1849 American bishop
101 Elijah Hise Norton 1821 American politician
102 Elijah Iles 1796 American politician
103 Elijah Greer 1991 Runner
104 Elijah Williams 1809 British chess player
105 Elijah Spencer 1775 American politician
106 Elijah Fletcher 1789 19th century teacher, businessman, and mayor of Lynchburg, Virginia
107 Elijah Aboab Cardoso Jewish philanthropist
108 Elijah Webb Chastain 1813 Confederate Army officer
109 Elijah Moulton 1820 American politician
110 Elijah Babbitt 1795 American politician
111 Elijah Niko 1990 Professional Rugby Player
112 Elijah ben Solomon Abraham ha-Kohen 1650 Ottoman rabbi
113 Elijah Easton 1815 American politician
114 Elijah Walton 1832 English artist
115 Elijah F. Smith 1792 American politician
116 Elijah Erkloo Canadian politician
117 Elijah Hall 1742 Continental Navy officer
118 Elijah A. Briggs 1843 Medal of Honor recipient
119 Elijah Akpan Okon 1913 Nigerian chief
120 Elijah Risley 1787 American politician
121 Elijah Hedding 1780 American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
122 Elijah Fox Cook 1805 American politician
123 Elijah D. Taft 1819 American politician
124 Elijah B. Lewis 1854 American politician
125 Samuel Elijah 1969 Nigerian association football player
126 Elijah Hayward 1786 Ohio politician and jurist
127 Elijah Dixon 1790 British businessman
128 Elijah of Ferrara
129 Elijah Vance 1801 American legislator
130 Elijah Jones 1882 American baseball player
131 Elijah W. Bacon 1836 Medal of Honor recipient
132 Elijah Waring 1788 Welsh writer
133 Elijah Phister 1822 American politician
134 Elijah Wheatley 1885
135 Elijah Doro Muala 1960 Solomon Islands politician
136 Elijah Mushemeza 1964 Ugandan politician
137 Elijah Porter Barrows 1807 American minister
138 Elijah W. Reed 1827 American businessman
139 Elijah Kiprono Kemboi 1984 Kenyan male long-distance runner
140 Elijah Connor
141 Elijah Smith 1860 English footballer
142 Elijah H. Workman 1835 American agriculturalist
143 Elijah Rhoades 1791 American politician
144 Elijah Fordham 1798 American missionary
145 Elijah of Fulda 1650 Rabbi
146 Elijah Allen Cox 1887 United States federal judge
147 Elijah B. Stoddard 1826 American mayor
148 Elijah Sandham 1875 British politician
149 Elijah Barrett Prettyman 1830 American University president
150 Elijah Juckett 1760 American colonialist
151 Elijah Phillips 1809 American militiaman
152 Elijah Carson Hart 1854 American politician
153 Elijah Woods 1778 Ohio
154 Elijah Galloway British engineer
155 Elijah Allsopp 1877 English footballer
156 Elijah B. Odom
157 Elijah Miles 1753 Canadian politician
158 Elijah Abina 1935
159 Elijah B. Torn 1979 American musician
160 Elijah Ben Joseph Chabillo 15th-century Spanish philosopher
161 'General' Elijah Combs
162 Elijah Kipterege 1987 Kenyan long distance runner
163 Elijah Parish 1762 American clergyman
164 Elijah Haines American politician
165 Elijah Clarke
166 Elijah Wolfson
167 Elijah Carrington 1914 English cricketer
168 Elijah Stephens Blacksmith and trapper
169 Elijah M. McGee 1819 American mayor
170 Elijah Round 1882 English footballer
171 Elijah Pyle 1918 Footballer
172 Elijah Siegler
173 Elijah B. Sherman 1832 American lawyer
174 Elijah Hinsdale Burritt 1794 American astronomer and mathematician
175 Elijah Edmund Spencer 1846 Canadian politician
176 Ēliyyāhû Qapsalî 1490
177 Elijah Hamlin 1800 American politician
178 Elijah Haahr 1982
179 Elijah P. Marrs 1840
180 Elijah Alfandari Writer on matrimonial law, and rabbi at Constantinople
181 Elijah Baker
182 Elijah E. Unger American politician
183 Elijah Pierce 1892
184 Elijah Baldwin Huntington 1816
185 Elijah Bentley
186 Elijah Omolo Agar
187 Rabbi Elijah Landsofer of Bumsla
188 Elijah Mattison Sharp
189 Elijah Clarence Hills 1867 American university teacher (1867-1932)
190 Elijah Frink Rockwell 1809
191 Elijah Crane
192 Elijah John Carey 1876 Waiter, trade unionist, soldier
193 Elijah Sells 1814
194 Elijah Cresswell 1889
195 Elijah Muturi Karanja 1981 Kenyan athletics competitor
196 Elijah G. Tollett 1864 American politician
197 Elijah Gowin
198 Elijah Mbogo 1988 Kenyan long-distance runner
199 Elijah McClanahan
200 Elijah Dart 1880