Boy · Hebrew
Eleazar
Say it: el-ee-AY-zer
Meaning
Hebrew El'azar, 'God has helped'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in Jewish families and in 17th- and 18th-century New England.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 5,237 babies given this name since 1919
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 10,000 boys
- 171 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Éléazar |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Eleazar |
| Italian | Eleazaro |
| German | Eleasar |
| Hebrew | Elazar |
Famous bearers
- Eleazar, son of Aaron
- Eleazar Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth College
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Puritan church and town records of England and New England
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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