Details for the forename Elias

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Elias (male)


Variants:	Elyas (M) Gillies (M) Ilie (M) Ilya (M) Ilyas (M)
Diminutive(s):	Eli (M)
Derivative(s):	Elie (M) Elliot (M) Ellis (M)
Derivative of:	Elijah (M)
Feminine form:	Ilinca (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	1. Ancient Greek shortened form of the Hebrew name Elijah, "Jehovah is my God"; OT 1 Kings 18:17-18. 2. The Gaelic forename Gillies may be Anglicized as Elias. 3. ONC gives the derivation of Elliot from a Norman surname, itself derived from an Old French male name Elie. This is in turn derived from an Old French form of Elias. The English forename Ellis has been derived from Elias via the surname.