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Eliud

Gender
Boy
Say it
eh-LEE-ood
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys
US rank, 2025
#5,207 for boys

Eliud is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).

What does Eliud mean?

Hebrew: biblical name, via Greek

Eliud appears in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus; Kenyan marathon great Eliud Kipchoge bears the name.

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

Eliud is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Eliud in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,301among boys
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Eliud, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 4 boys.

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

2009Busiest: 4 in 20202025
Eliud in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20240–
20230–
20224#4,195
20214#4,188
20204#4,025
20190–
20180–
20170–
20163#5,015
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20091#6,016

How popular is Eliud in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,207among boys
Babies in 2025
18about 1 in 95,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 25% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Eliud, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1931.

2025 had fewer boys named Eliud than any year since 1987.

Half of all the boys named Eliud in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

1931Busiest: 43 in 20002025
Eliud in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202518#5,207
202425#4,197
202333#3,472
202221#4,697
202123#4,358
202035#3,200
201938#3,100
201828#3,789
201734#3,310
201626#3,989
201535#3,230
201431#3,454
201325#3,962
201236#3,113
201128#3,694
201034#3,238
200926#3,917
200843#2,787
200740#2,918
200636#3,023
200540#2,697
200434#2,949
200335#2,776
200236#2,628
200133#2,792
200043#2,252
199937#2,395
199828#2,848
199720#3,450
199629#2,585
199531#2,439
199431#2,439
199324#2,859
199224#2,828
199129#2,400
199031#2,250
198923#2,684
198820#2,760
198710#4,233
198619#2,681
198514#3,213
198416#2,823
198311#3,629
198219#2,517
198115#2,896
198019#2,535
197917#2,668
197814#2,928
197713#3,036
197611#3,262
197527#1,786
197412#2,944
197317#2,309
197214#2,533
197117#2,278
197010#3,069
196913#2,414
19685#4,135
196714#2,138
196615#2,042
19659#2,778
19649#2,853
19636#3,645
196212#2,363
19618#3,095
19606#3,663
19599#2,820
19586#3,557
19570–
19568#2,967
19555#3,884
19549#2,742
19535#3,796
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19475#3,731
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19356#3,252
19340–
19330–
19320–
19315#3,761

Nicknames for Eliud

Names like Eliud

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

Elijah Elias Muhammad Tobias Ibrahim Zachary Gabriel Noah Caleb Ezra Eli Isaiah

More Hebrew names

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Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Eliud: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eliud, updated 20 October 2026.