Meaning of the nameElias

Elias is a male name of Hebrew origin, the name of the prophet Elijah, which Behind the Name explains as 'my God is Yahweh'.

Meaning

“my God is Yahweh”

Source: Wiktionary: Elias · Behind the Name: Elijah

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People (2022): 190,432
Rank in Brazil: #173
Median age: 40 years
2010 Census: 190,702; people

Elias in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Elias, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (31,869 people).

1,124 women 189,308 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 Elias is most common

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

Rondônia 0.184%
Amazonas 0.155%
Acre 0.141%
Espírito Santo 0.136%
Pará 0.136%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	35,145	0.079%
Minas Gerais	19,367	0.094%
Rio de Janeiro	14,115	0.088%
Bahia	13,117	0.093%
Paraná	11,351	0.099%
Pará	11,056	0.136%
Pernambuco	10,007	0.111%
Maranhão	7,455	0.110%
Rio Grande do Sul	7,440	0.068%
Goiás	7,185	0.102%
Ceará	6,643	0.076%
Amazonas	6,110	0.155%
Santa Catarina	5,697	0.075%
Espírito Santo	5,224	0.136%
Mato Grosso	4,335	0.119%
Paraíba	3,572	0.090%
Mato Grosso do Sul	3,039	0.110%
Rondônia	2,913	0.184%
Alagoas	2,851	0.091%
Piauí	2,811	0.086%
Rio Grande do Norte	2,766	0.084%
Distrito Federal	2,287	0.081%
Tocantins	1,620	0.107%
Sergipe	1,439	0.065%
Acre	1,174	0.141%
Amapá	862	0.118%
Roraima	851	0.134%

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

About the name Elias

Wiktionary records Elias as a learned borrowing from Latin Ēlīās, from Greek Ἠλίας, taken from Hebrew אֱלִיָּה ('Eliyá), a name that the Latin entry glosses as 'Jah is my God'. Behind the Name gives Elias as the Portuguese form of Elijah, from Hebrew ʾEliyyahu, 'my God is Yahweh'. It is the name of the prophet Elijah in the Old Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 190,432 people named Elias, with a median age of 40. Proportionally, it is most common in Rondônia.

Sources

Wiktionary: Elias · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Elijah · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Elias · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Elias

What does the name Elias mean?

Elias means “my God is Yahweh”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Elias in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 190,432 people with the first name Elias, which ranks it number 173 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Elias is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,124 women and 189,308 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Elias?

Elias is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Elias most common?

Proportionally, in Rondônia: 0.184% of the state's population is named Elias (2,913 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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