Elias
ee-LY-us
A biblical name meaning “the Lord is my God.”
Meaning
Elias is the Greek form of Elijah, ultimately from Hebrew *Eliyahu* / *Elijah* meaning “my God is the Lord” or “the Lord is God.” In the Christian-name books excerpted here, it is explicitly glossed as the Greek form of Elijah and as “God the Lord.”
Origin
HebrewGreekmasculine
Fun fact
In older English naming traditions, Elias also helped generate surnames and pet forms like Eliot/Elliott, through Ellis.