Elias

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Finland Finnish
Sami Sami

Origin and Meaning

1) Latin form of Ηλιας (Ilias), the Greek form of Elia [1] [2]

2) "Latinised" form of Helge (see Helgi) [2]

Related Names

     
Eeles ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Eelis ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Elejas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Eles ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Elias ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Sami Swedish
Elías ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Elijas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Elis ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese Norwegian Swedish
Eljas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Eljes ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Ellis ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Lias ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese Swedish
Líggjas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese

See also Eli

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Elias
Accusative: Elias
Dative: Eliasi
Genitive: Eliasar

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

20 July

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

12 July

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

20 July

Finland Finland

9 April

Norway Norway

12 July

Sami Sami

9 April

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

9 April

Sweden Sweden

17 April

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1279 [2]

Namesakes

Elias Lönnrot, Finnish philologist and composer of the Finnish national epic Kalevala (1802-1884)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m5.png 6 242 14347 21962
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 3900 4677
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 n.a. 2977 n.a
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png n.a. 4 n.a 23551
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][5][4][6]:Name statistics for Elias(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[4]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Elias(m)


Sources: [3] [5] [4] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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