Boy · Hebrew
Elihu
Say it: eh-LY-hyoo
Meaning
Hebrew 'he is my God', the young speaker in the Book of Job.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A New England name of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 1,158 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1881, about 1 in 9,200 boys
- 18 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
| Hebrew | Elihu |
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Famous bearers
- Elihu Yale, benefactor of Yale College
- Elihu Root, American statesman
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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