The baby name Elhanon is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced el-HAN-on (IPA: /ɛlˈhænən/; Hebrew approx. /elχaˈnan/).
Elhanon is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Elhanon is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced el-HAN-on (IPA: /ɛlˈhænən/; Hebrew approx. /elχaˈnan/).
Elhanon is Hebrew in Origin.
Elhanon is a Hebrew masculine name from El (“God”) + ḥanan (“to show favor, be gracious”), yielding the meaning “God has been gracious” or “God shows favor.” Spellings vary across traditions: Elhanon, Elhanan, and scholarly Elḥanan; Ashkenazi usage often prefers Elchanan. Related names built on the ḥ-n-n root include Hanan/Chanan, Hannah/Chana, Hananiah, and Yohanan/John.
In the Hebrew Bible, two figures bear the name: Elhanan son of Dodo, one of King David’s mighty warriors (2 Sam 23:24; 1 Chr 11:26), and Elhanan son of Jair, credited in Chronicles with killing Lahmi, Goliath’s brother (1 Chr 20:5; the Samuel parallel reflects a noted textual crux). The name entered English via early Bible translations and persisted modestly in Jewish and Christian circles. It later revived in modern Hebrew, with Elchanan common among Ashkenazim (e.g., Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman). Short forms include Hanan/Chanan.
Elhanon is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Elhanon appears only 1 time in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
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