Meaning of the nameEliezer

Eliezer is a masculine name of Hebrew origin meaning 'my God is help', formed from ʾel, 'God', and ʿezer, 'help'.

Meaning

“my God is help”

People (2022): 23,596
Rank in Brazil: #955
Median age: 38 years
2010 Census: 19,615; people

Eliezer in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Eliezer, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (4,568 people).

305 women 23,291 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 Eliezer is most common

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

Roraima 0.025%
Amapá 0.021%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.019%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.019%
Rondônia 0.019%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	4,398	0.010%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,037	0.019%
Minas Gerais	1,991	0.010%
Bahia	1,878	0.013%
Paraná	1,877	0.016%
Rio de Janeiro	1,724	0.011%
Pará	1,345	0.017%
Santa Catarina	1,005	0.013%
Goiás	877	0.012%
Pernambuco	798	0.009%
Ceará	792	0.009%
Maranhão	634	0.009%
Mato Grosso	580	0.016%
Amazonas	569	0.014%
Mato Grosso do Sul	527	0.019%
Espírito Santo	513	0.013%
Rondônia	292	0.019%
Paraíba	257	0.007%
Rio Grande do Norte	234	0.007%
Distrito Federal	228	0.008%
Alagoas	178	0.006%
Piauí	174	0.005%
Tocantins	165	0.011%
Roraima	158	0.025%
Amapá	154	0.021%
Sergipe	140	0.006%
Acre	71	0.009%

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

About the name Eliezer

Behind the Name explains Eliezer from Biblical Hebrew ʾEliʿezer, from ʾel, 'God', and ʿezer, 'help', with the meaning 'my God is help'. It is the name of several characters in the Old Testament, among them a servant of Abraham and one of the sons of Moses, and of an ancestor of Jesus in the genealogy of the Gospel of Luke. Wiktionary gives the English form as coming from Hebrew אליעזר and translates the name into Portuguese as Eliézer or Eliezer. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 23,596 people named Eliezer, with a median age of 38; proportionally, the name is most common in Roraima.

Sources

Behind the Name: Eliezer · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Eliezer · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Eliezer

What does the name Eliezer mean?

Eliezer means “my God is help”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Eliezer in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 23,596 people with the first name Eliezer, which ranks it number 955 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Eliezer is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 305 women and 23,291 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Eliezer?

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

In which Brazilian state is Eliezer most common?

Proportionally, in Roraima: 0.025% of the state's population is named Eliezer (158 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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