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Eliyahu - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Eliyahu

[ syll. e-li-ya-hu, el-iy-ahu ] The boy name Eliyahu is pronounced as EHLIY-AAHHUW KEY. Eliyahu's origin and use are both in the Hebrew language. Eliyahu is a variant form of the English name Elijah.

Eliyahu is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Eliyahu, the English Elijah was the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Eliyahu include the French, Scandinavian, and Yiddish Elihu, the Italian Elio, the Italian Eolo, the Arabic Alia, the English and French Elie, the French and Portuguese Eloi, the English and Spanish Eloy, the Czech Elya, the Yiddish Elye, the Hebrew Eyal, the Arabic Ala, the English and Scottish Aly, and the French Élie.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Eliyahu: EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)"


 
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