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Elijah-John

Gender
Boy
Say it
e-LY-ja-JON
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys

Elijah-John is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh + God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).

What does Elijah-John mean?

Hebrew: Elijah + John

“my God is Yahweh + God is gracious”

Joins Elijah (Hebrew, “my God is Yahweh”) and John (Hebrew, “God is gracious”).

Meanings borrowed from Elijah and John.

Is Elijah-John a girl's or a boy's name?

Elijah-John is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Elijah-John in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,301st among boys
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 62% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Elijah-John, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 5 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

2018Busiest: 5 in 20182025
Elijah-John in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20244#4,346
20235#3,712
20220–
20210–
20203#4,803
20190–
20185#3,596

Names like Elijah-John

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Elijah-John: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elijah-john, updated 20 October 2026.