Elijah (given name)
Appearance
Elijah (/ɪˈlaɪdʒə/ ih-LY-jə; Hebrew: אֵלִיָּהוּ, Eliyahu, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH") is a masculine given name after the prophet Elijah in the Hebrew Bible.
Others with the given name include:
People
- Elijah Adekugbe (born 1996), English footballer
- Elijah Benton (born 1996), American football player
- Elijah Blue Allman (born 1976), son of Cher and lead singer of Deadsy
- Elijah Bryant (born 1995), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Elijah Burke (born 1978), professional wrestler under the ring name D'Angelo Dinero
- Elijah Canlas (born 2000), Filipino actor and commercial model
- Elijah Craig (1738–1808), American Baptist preacher, an inventor of bourbon whiskey
- Elijah Cummings (1951–2019), American politician and civil rights advocate
- Elijah Hirsh (born 1997), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Elijah Holyfield (born 1998), American football player
- Elijah Hood (born 1996), American football player
- Elijah Hughes (born 1998), American basketball player
- Elijah Johnson (born 1990), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Elijah Joy (born 1982), American singer, vegan celebrity chef, green living expert
- Elijah Kelley (born 1986), American actor, singer and dancer
- Elijah Lee (born 1996), American football player
- Elijah McClain (1996–2019), African American who died in police custody
- Elijah McCoy (1844–1929), Canadian-American inventor and engineer
- Elijah McGuire (born 1994), American football player
- Elijah Moshinsky (1946–2021), Australian opera, stage, television director
- Elijah Muhammad (1897–1975), former leader of the Nation of Islam
- Elijah Nkansah (born 1994), American football player
- Elijah Pitts (born 1938), American football player and football coach
- Elijah Qualls (born 1995), American football player
- Elijah Riley (born 1998), American football player
- Elijah Walton (1832–1880), British landscapist
- Elijah Wood (born 1981), American actor best known for playing Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
Fictional characters
- Elijah Baley, from Isaac Asimov's Robot series
- Elijah Mikaelson, in The Vampire Diaries
See also
- Eliahu, a given name and surname