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Elisei

Gender
Boy
Say it
e-lee-SAY
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#1,537 for boys

Elisei is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is salvation”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies).

What does Elisei mean?

Hebrew: Romanian form of Elisha

“my God is salvation”

Romanian form of Elisha, the Old Testament prophet who succeeded Elijah.

Is Elisei a girl's or a boy's name?

Elisei is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Elisei in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,537th among boys
Babies in 2025
18 about 1 in 17,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Elisei, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 33 boys.

Half of all the boys named Elisei in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.

2005Busiest: 33 in 20212025
Elisei in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202518#1,537
202424#1,230
202315#1,715
202225#1,181
202133#993
202017#1,512
201930#1,037
201819#1,416
201723#1,253
201620#1,403
201516#1,612
201412#1,929
201312#1,901
20129#2,382
201110#2,158
20108#2,534
20094#3,909
20085#3,305
20074#3,748
20060–
20054#3,330

Names like Elisei

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, “Elisei: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elisei, updated 20 October 2026.