Elias

Variants

Ellias English, French

Contents

• Variants
• Feminine variants
• People with the given name Elias
• People with the given name Elijah
• People with the surname Elias
• People with related surnames
• References

Elia English,

Ellias- English, French

Eliah Norwegian, Swedish

Elías Icelandic

Éliás Hungarian

Elías Spanish

Eliáš, Elijáš Czech

Elias, Eelis, Eljas Finnish

Elias German

Ilias (Ηλίας) Koine Greek

Elias Portuguese

Elias (الیاس) Persian

Elias, Elis Swedish

Elias, Elyas Ethiopian

Elias, Elyas Philippines

Eliasz Polish

Élie French

Elija Slovene

Elijah English, Hebrew

Eliya (එලියා) Sinhala

Eliyahu (אליהו) Hebrew

Eliyyahu (אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ) Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew

Elliot, Elliott English

Ellis English

Helias Ecclesiastical Latin

Ilia (Илия) Bulgarian, Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Russian

Ilia (ილია) Georgian

Ilias (Ηλίας) Modern Greek

Ilie Romanian

Ilija (Илија) Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian

Iljo (Иљо) Macedonian

Iliya (Илия) Bulgarian

Ilyās (إلياس) Arabic

Illés Hungarian

Illia (Ілля) Ukrainian

Ilya (Илья) Russian

İlyas Turkish

Ilias/Illiyas Malay

Líggjas Faroese

Yeghia (Եղիա) Armenian

埃利亚斯 (āi lì yǎ sī) Chinese

Feminine variants

Iliana (Илиана) Bulgarian

Ilina (Илина) Bulgarian, Macedonian

Ileana Romanian

Ilinca Romanian

Ilinka (Илинка) Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian

Eliana, Iliana Greek

Éliane French

People with the given name Elias

Elias, a Greek scholar and commentator on Aristotle and Porphyry.

Elias of Armenia, Armenian religious leader, Catholicos of All Armenians from 703 to 717

Elias of Nisibis (975–1046), Nestorian bishop of Nisibis and an important mediaeval chronicler, also known as Elijah of Nisibis and Eliya bar Shinaya

Elias Alves da Silva (born 1981), Brazilian football player

Elias Ammerbach (1530–1597), German organist

Elias Ashmole (1617–1692), English antiquary and politician

Elias Atmatsidis (born 1969), Greek football player

Elias ibn Mudar, c. 10 AD - Arab chieftain

Elias Boudinot (1740–1821), American politician

Elias Boudinot (Cherokee) (1802–1839), Native American writer

Elias Breeskin (1896–1969), Russian violinist

Elias Canetti (1905–1994), Bulgarian writer

Elias Charalambous (born 1980), Cypriot footballer

Elias James Corey (born 1928), American chemist

Elias Dayton (1737–1807), American soldier and politician

Elias P. Demetracopoulos, Greek journalist

Elias Disney (1859–1941), Canadian businessman, father of Walt Disney

Elias Freij (1918–1998), Palestinian mayor

Elias Gottlob Haussmann (1695–1774), German painter

Elias Harris (born 1989), German basketball player

Elias Holl (1573–1646), German architect

Elias Howe (1819–1867), American inventor of the sewing machine

Elias Hrawi (1925–2006), Lebanese politician

Ilias Iliadis (born 1986), Georgian-Greek judoka

Elias Kane (1794–1835), American politician

Elias Kazan (1909-2003), Cappadocian Greek-American Hollywood director

Elias Khoury (born 1948), Lebanese writer

Elias Koteas (born 1961), Greek-Canadian actor

Elias Lianos, Greek businessman

Elias Lönnrot (1802–1884), Finnish philologist

Elias Loomis (1811–1889), American mathematician

Elias Mendes Trindade (1985), Brazilian football player

Elias Murr (born 1962), Lebanese politician

Elias Pavlidis (born 1978), Greek boxer

Elias Petropoulos (1928–2003), Greek musicologist and writer

Elias Porter (1914–1987), American psychologist

Elias Sarkis (1924–1985), Lebanese politician

Elias Spantidakis (1886-1914), Greek-American union leader

Elias M. Stein (born 1931), American mathematician

Elias Tahan (born 1986), American photographer

Elias Toufexis (born 1975), Greek-Canadian actor

Elias Vattis (born 1986), Cypriot football player

Elias Venezis (1904–1973), Greek writer

Elias Viljanen (born 1975), Finnish musician

Elias Wessén (1889–1981), Swedish linguist

Elias Wright (1830–1901), American Union brevet brigadier general during the Civil War era

Elias Zerhouni (born 1951), Algerian-born American doctor

Elias Zoghby (1912–2008), Arab archbishop

Fictional characters

Elias Acorn, Prince and later King of the Kingdom of Acorn in Sonic the Hedgehog by Archie; he is the older brother of Sally Acorn.

Elias, a prominent gangster whose goals lead him to both conflict and work with (directly and indirectly) in the TV series Person of Interest; he is shot in the head and perhaps killed in the 4th season's finale during a fight with a rival gang leader

Elias Bogan, fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe

Elias Grover, fictional character in the 2006 film Clerks II

Sergeant Elias Grodin, fictional character portrayed by Willem Dafoe in the 1986 film Platoon

Elias, fictional character in Panel de Pon

Elias Ryker, fictional character in Richard K. Morgan's novel, Altered Carbon

Elias "Eli" Thompson, fictional character in the television series Boardwalk Empire

Elijah "Eli" Goldsworthy, fictional character from Degrassi: The Next Generation

Elias, a character from Jose Rizal's patriotic novel "Noli Me Tangere"

Elias Carstairs, a character from Cassandra Clare's "The Infernal Devices" prequel to "The Mortal Instruments"

Elias Walker, fictional character in the 2013 video game Call of Duty: Ghosts

Dr. Elias Huer, fictional character from "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979)

Elias "Blitz" Kötz, fictional character in the 2015 video game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Elias Venturius, one of the two protagonists of the Sabaa Tahir novel An Ember in the Ashes

People with the given name Elijah

Elijah Baley, fictional character from the Robot series (Asimov)

Elijah Blue Allman (b. 1976), son of Cher and lead singer of Deadsy

Elijah Burke (b. 1978), professional wrestler for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the name D'Angelo Dinero

Elijah Joy (b. 1982) American singer, vegan celebrity chef, green living expert

Elijah Kelley (b. 1986), actor known for playing Seaweed Stubbs in Hairspray

Elijah McCoy (1844-1929), Canadian-American inventor and engineer

Elijah Muhammad (1895–1975), former leader of the Nation of Islam

Elijah Pitts (b. 1938), American football player and football coach

Elijah Walton (1832–1880), English artist

Elijah Wood (b. 1981), American actor best known for playing Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy

People with the surname Elias

Akhteruzzaman Elias (1943—1997), Bengali writer

Alois Eliáš (1890–1942), Czechoslovak general and politician

Benny Elias (born 1963), Australian rugby league player

Blas Elias (born 1967), American musician

Eliane Elias (born 1960), Brazilian musician

Erick Elías (born 1980), Mexican actor

Gastão Elias (born 1990), Portuguese tennis player

Hanin Elias (born 1972), German musician

Hendrik Elias (1902–1973), Belgian politician

Jeannie Elias (born 1954), Canadian actress

Johan Engelbert Elias(1895–1959), Dutch historian ("Vroedschap van Amsterdam")

John Elias, Lebanese-Australian rugby league footballer and coach

Jonathan Elias (born 1956), American composer

Lee Elias (1920–1998), American comics artist

Manny Elias (born 1953), English drummer

Norbert Elias (1897–1990), German sociologist

Patrik Eliáš (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player

Ric Elias, chief executive officer of Red Ventures

Rick Elias, Nashville songwriter and singer

Robert Elias, birth name of Robert Downey, Sr., American actor/director

Roenis Elías, Cuban Major League Baseball pitcher

Rosalind Elias (born 1929), American singer

Quentin Elias (born 1980), French model and actor

Sian Elias (born 1949), New Zealand judge

Taslim Olawale Elias (1914–1991), Nigerian judge

Toni Elías (born 1983), Spanish motorcyclist

Peter Elias (1923–2001), American computer scientist

Zé Elias (born 1976), Brazilian football player

Elias (born 1980), French singer

People with related surnames

Lior Eliyahu, professional basketball player