Eliakym as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Eliakym

What is the meaning of the name Eliakym ?

The baby name Eliakym is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced eh-lee-uh-KIM (IPA: /ˌɛliəˈkɪm/).

Eliakym is Hebrew in Origin.

Eliakym is a variant spelling of Eliakim, from Hebrew ’Elyaqim (אֶלְיָקִים), built from El “God” and the verb qum/yaqim “to raise, establish.” The name means “God will establish” or “God raises up.” It belongs to several biblical figures: a royal steward under King Hezekiah in 2 Kings/Isaiah, and an ancestor in the Gospel of Matthew’s genealogy, which helped transmit the name into Jewish and Christian traditions.

Usage has remained uncommon in English, though it appears in early American and Puritan-era records and is familiar in Jewish communities; the modern Israeli form is Elyakim. Variants and cognates include Eliakim (standard English), Elyakim/Elyaqim (transliterations), Eliacim (Latin and Romance Bibles), and, by related theophoric pattern, Jehoiakim/Joakim “Yahweh will establish.” Possible short forms are Eli and Kim. The Eliakym spelling is rare today but offers a dignified, deeply scriptural choice.

⚙ Eliakym is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Eliakym appears only 2 times in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.