Elijah Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Elijah? Think of it as Elias with a different pen. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “My God is Yahweh”.

Elijah and Elias

Records show Elijah as one of the forms Elias took over time. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. The same family of names includes Elia.

The 2010 census count for Elijah in the United States was 1,094, good for rank 23,283.

Elijah coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Elijah, so the heraldry linked to Elias is a starting point, not an automatic right.

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