Meaning of the nameElionai

Elionai is a spelling of the Hebrew biblical name Elioenai, which means 'my eyes are turned toward Yahweh'.

Meaning

“my eyes are turned toward Yahweh”

Source: Behind the Name: Elioenai · Blue Letter Bible: Strong H454

People (2022): 3,110
Rank in Brazil: #3,788
Median age: 32 years
2010 Census: 3,554; people

Elionai in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Elionai, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (869 people).

1,558 women 1,552 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 Elionai is most common

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

Amazonas 0.005%
Pará 0.005%
Pernambuco 0.004%
Bahia 0.003%
Goiás 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	419	0.003%
São Paulo	379	0.001%
Pará	378	0.005%
Pernambuco	374	0.004%
Amazonas	202	0.005%
Minas Gerais	162	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	140	0.001%
Paraná	109	0.001%
Ceará	107	0.001%
Goiás	104	0.002%
Maranhão	84	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	78	0.002%
Santa Catarina	72	0.001%
Rondônia	54	0.003%
Paraíba	53	0.001%
Espírito Santo	49	0.001%
Alagoas	44	0.001%
Mato Grosso	42	0.001%
Amapá	42	0.006%
Sergipe	39	0.002%
Piauí	32	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	31	0.000%
Distrito Federal	31	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	29	0.001%
Acre	24	0.003%
Roraima	18	0.003%

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

About the name Elionai

Behind the Name records Elioenai as a Hebrew biblical name made of el, 'toward', yo, a short form of the divine name, and ayin, 'eye': 'my eyes are turned toward Yahweh'. Strong's lexicon, at the Blue Letter Bible, gives 'toward Jehovah (are) my eyes' for the Hebrew form, which the King James Bible spells Elioenai. The biblical encyclopedia of McClintock and Strong has the entry under the spelling Elionai, as a contracted form of Elihoenai. Most of the people named Elionai were born in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and the records are split almost equally between women and men. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,110 people named Elionai, with a median age of 32.

Sources

Behind the Name: Elioenai · behindthename.com · meaning
Blue Letter Bible: Strong H454 · blueletterbible.org · meaning
McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia: Elionai · biblicalcyclopedia.com · spelling

Questions about the name Elionai

What does the name Elionai mean?

Elionai means “my eyes are turned toward Yahweh”, according to Behind the Name and Blue Letter Bible.

How many people are named Elionai in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,110 people with the first name Elionai, which ranks it number 3,788 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Elionai is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 1,558 women and 1,552 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Elionai?

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

In which Brazilian state is Elionai most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.005% of the state's population is named Elionai (202 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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