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Meaning of the nameEloah

Eloah is a spelling of the name Eloá, which means “god”.

Meaning

“god”

Meaning of the name Eloá, of which Eloah is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Eloá

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People (2022)
30,725
Rank in Brazil
#808
Median age
3 years
2010 Census
1,910
people

Eloah in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Eloah, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (15,662 people).

30,497 women 228 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 Eloah is most common

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

  1. Espírito Santo 0.027%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.025%
  3. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.021%
  4. Goiás 0.020%
  5. Paraná 0.020%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo6,5390.015%
Rio de Janeiro3,9550.025%
Minas Gerais2,7650.014%
Bahia2,4640.017%
Paraná2,2770.020%
Goiás1,4360.020%
Santa Catarina1,4200.019%
Espírito Santo1,0260.027%
Pará1,0210.013%
Maranhão9390.014%
Pernambuco8370.009%
Mato Grosso7130.020%
Ceará7010.008%
Mato Grosso do Sul5780.021%
Amazonas5690.014%
Paraíba5450.014%
Distrito Federal4900.017%
Rio Grande do Sul3950.004%
Rio Grande do Norte3330.010%
Sergipe3130.014%
Piauí2940.009%
Alagoas2860.009%
Rondônia2620.017%
Tocantins2480.016%
Acre1540.019%
Amapá930.013%
Roraima720.011%

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

The spelling Eloah

It ends in H, without an accent; it is a new spelling, with almost all the people recorded born from 2010 on.

About the name Eloá

Wiktionary records Eloá as a borrowing from the Hebrew אֱלוֹהַּ (ʾélôah), 'god'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Eloah, Heloa and Heloah as spelling variants of Eloá. It is a very recent name in Brazil: in the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 121,392 people named Eloá, with a median age of 4. The three spellings in the group differ by the accent and by the initial or final H, and, proportionally, Eloá is most common in Rondônia.

Other spellings of Eloá

SpellingPeople (2022)
Eloá121,392
Eloah30,725
Heloa17,705

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Eloá · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Eloá · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Eloah

What does the name Eloah mean?

Eloah means “god”, according to Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Eloá, of which Eloah is a spelling.

How many people are named Eloah in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 30,725 people with the first name Eloah, which ranks it number 808 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

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

Eloah is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 30,497 women and 228 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Eloah?

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

In which Brazilian state is Eloah most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.027% of the state's population is named Eloah (1,026 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Eloah?

Eloá and Heloa. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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