Eliav
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- el-ee-AHV
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Eliav is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is father”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Eliav mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Eliab
“my God is father”
Eliab, in Hebrew Eliav, was King David's eldest brother in the Bible.
Is Eliav a girl's or a boy's name?
Eliav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eliav in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Eliav, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had the most boys named Eliav of any year since it first appeared, in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Eliav in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eliav in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
Nicknames for Eliav
- Eli 421 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Eliav
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliel, Aziel, Ezra, Thiago, Ermias, Jaziel, Azriel, Elijah, Ezekiel, Mateo, Adriel, Mathias
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Eliav: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eliav, updated 20 October 2026.