Elic as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Elic

What is the meaning of the name Elic ?

The baby name Elic is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈiːlɪk/ or /ˈɛlɪk/ (EE-lik or EL-ik).

Elic is English in Origin.

Elic is a rare given name in English, with more than one plausible root. It can be a clipped or respelled form of Eli or of the Hebrew theophoric names Elijah and Elisha, yielding meanings such as “my God” and “Yahweh is my God” or “God is salvation.” In Scottish and Irish usage, the closely spelled Elick long functioned as a phonetic pet form of Alec/Alexander, so Elic may also carry the Greek-derived sense “defender of men.”

Records show Elick/Elic sporadically in 18th–19th‑century parish registers and in early U.S. censuses; modern use remains uncommon, appealing to parents who like compact, vowel-forward names. Spelling variants and relatives include Elick, Elik, Ellick; Eli, Elie, and Alec; and the longer Elijah, Elisha, and Alexander. Because its sources differ, Elic offers a flexible heritage that can read Hebrew-biblical or Scottish via Alexander while staying clean, contemporary, and easy to say.