Elie

Where Elie comes from

Variously a form of Elijah used in Romanian, French, and some other languages, or short for names like Eliezer.
— Wiktionary's entry for Elie
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1886
    Peak, #491
    14 babies named Elie — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #752.
  4. 1928
    Elie Wiesel born
    Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor
  5. 1964
    Elie Saab born
    Lebanese fashion designer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Elie Wiesel · Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor, 1928–2016
  • Elie Saab · Lebanese fashion designer, born 1964
  • Elie Hobeika · Lebanese politician and militia commander, 1956–2002
  • Elie Onana · Cameroonian footballer, 1951–2018
  • Elie Siegmeister · American composer, 1909–1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.