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 [ syll. e-loy, el-oy ] The boy name Eloy is pronounced as EHL-oy KEY. Eloy is primarily used in the English and Spanish languages. Its language of origin is Hebrew and Latin. Eloy is a Spanish variant form of the German name Eligius. Eloy is also an English variant form of the English, Hebrew, and Yiddish name Eli. Eloy is an unusual baby boy name. Its usage peaked in 1975 with 0.007% of baby boys being given the name Eloy. It was #797 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a fall in frequency since then, and is now used on a very modest scale. In 2008, among the family of boy names directly linked to Eloy, the English, Hebrew, and Yiddish Eli was the most regularly used. Baby names that sound like Eloy include the French and Portuguese Eloi, the English and French Elie, the Czech Elya, the Yiddish Elye, the Hebrew Eyal, the Arabic Ala, the English and Scottish Aly, the French Élie, the French, Scandinavian, and Yiddish Elihu, the Italian Elio, the Italian Eolo, the Arabic Alia, and the Hebrew Eliyahu. KEY: approx pronunciation for Eloy: EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; OY as in "toy (T.OY)"   |
