Eliel

Where Eliel comes from

From Hebrew אֱלִיאֵל ('ĕlī'ēl, “El is my lord”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Eliel
  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1856
    Eliel Soisalon-Soininen born
    Finnish politician
  2. 1873
    Eliel Saarinen born
    Finnish-American architect
  3. 1975
    First appearance
    #5,464 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2024
    Peak, #584
    489 babies named Eliel — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Namesakes
  • Eliel Saarinen · Finnish-American architect, 1873–1950
  • Eliel Soisalon-Soininen · Finnish politician, 1856–1905
  • Eliel Swinton · American football player and actor, born 1975
  • Eliel Lagercrantz · Finnish linguist, 1894–1973
  • Eliel Lazo · musician, born 1983

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.