The baby name Elihu is a Boy name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ih-LY-hyoo.
Elihu is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Elihu is a boy name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ih-LY-hyoo.
Elihu is Hebrew in Origin.
Elihu is a biblical Hebrew masculine name, first attested in the Hebrew Bible as אֱלִיהוּא, Elihuʾ, with a shorter consonantal form אֱלִיהוּ in some passages. The usual analysis takes ʾel, God, plus the first-person suffix -i, my, and the independent pronoun huʾ, he: literally He is my God. Where the ending reflects -yahu, the sense shifts toward My God is Yahu, using a shortened form of the divine name.
Several biblical bearers appear in Samuel, Chronicles, and Job; the best known is Elihu son of Barachel, the young speaker in Job 32–37. In English use the name was familiar to Bible-reading Protestants, especially in colonial and early American contexts, as seen in Elihu Yale, Elihu Burritt, Elihu Vedder, and statesman Elihu Root. It has remained rare in United States records, with occasional modern use rather than sustained ranking.
| Elihu Root Elihu Root was an American statesman best known for serving as U.S. Secretary of War and Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. A lawyer and Republican politician, he also helped shape the early American practice of international law through his long public and legal career. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MO | Girls | 0 | #263 | 1 | 7,056 |
| NG | 0 | #271 | 2 | 5,926 | |
| IL | 0 | #280 | 3 | 6,291 | |
| BO | 0 | #408 | 1 | 6,868 | |
| MX | 0 | #440 | 6 | 8,339 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #504 | 2 | 9,305 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #508 | 3 | 10,188 |
| CO | 0 | #509 | 2 | 7,768 | |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #558 | 4 | 10,655 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #572 | 4 | 12,054 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #597 | 11 | 10,983 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #699 | 2 | 13,390 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #776 | 210 | 16,355 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #824 | 3 | 15,093 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #861 | 18 | 14,506 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #876 | 17 | 7,044 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #919 | 12 | 5,610 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #939 | 13 | 16,906 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #974 | 8 | 15,656 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,180 | 3 | 25,439 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
Elihu is popular in 19 countries — most recent births per country:
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