Meaning of the nameElia

Elia is a spelling of the name Hélia, which means “feminine form of Helios, 'sun'”.

Meaning

“feminine form of Helios, 'sun'”

Meaning of the name Hélia, of which Elia is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Hélia · Behind the Name: Helios

People (2022): 6,980
Rank in Brazil: #2,170
Median age: 55 years
2010 Census: 8,059; people

Elia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Elia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,392 people).

6,329 women 651 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Elia is most common

States with the highest share of people named Elia in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,032	0.002%
Minas Gerais	866	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	830	0.008%
Paraná	566	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	503	0.003%
Santa Catarina	479	0.006%
Bahia	437	0.003%
Goiás	360	0.005%
Ceará	191	0.002%
Espírito Santo	185	0.005%
Pernambuco	176	0.002%
Pará	164	0.002%
Maranhão	149	0.002%
Amazonas	130	0.003%
Mato Grosso	127	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	125	0.005%
Distrito Federal	110	0.004%
Alagoas	101	0.003%
Rondônia	83	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	65	0.002%
Piauí	64	0.002%
Tocantins	58	0.004%
Sergipe	54	0.002%
Paraíba	53	0.001%
Acre	26	0.003%
Roraima	24	0.004%
Amapá	22	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Elia

Without the initial H, which is not pronounced; it is almost always female, though with more men than Hélia, and proportionally most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

About the name Hélia

Behind the Name describes Hélia as a Portuguese feminine form of Helios, a Greek name that means 'sun' and that in Greek mythology is the name of the sun god; Hélio is the Portuguese masculine form. Wiktionary gives the same origin for the Italian form Elia, from the Latin Hēlia, feminine of Hēlius, from the Greek Ἥλιος. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Hélia as a Portuguese variant and Elia as a Galician and spelling variant of the same name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,532 people named Helia, with a median age of 55. The name is almost always female and, proportionally, most common in Goiás.

Other spellings of Hélia

Spelling	People (2022)
Hélia	10,532
Elia	6,980

Sources

Behind the Name: Hélia · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Helios · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Elia (Italian) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Helia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Elia

What does the name Elia mean?

Elia means “feminine form of Helios, 'sun'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Hélia, of which Elia is a spelling.

How many people are named Elia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,980 people with the first name Elia, which ranks it number 2,170 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Elia a boy's or a girl's name?

Elia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 6,329 women and 651 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Elia?

Elia is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Elia most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.008% of the state's population is named Elia (830 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Elia?

Hélia. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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