# Eliel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eliel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “el is my lord” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,931 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,922 / 9 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 93, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew אֱלִיאֵל ('ĕlī'ēl, “El is my lord”).

## What it means

Eliel is grouped under god.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | 10,514 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 128 | 1,328 |
| 2012 | 125 | 1,355 |
| 2013 | 132 | 1,309 |
| 2014 | 128 | 1,346 |
| 2015 | 121 | 1,420 |
| 2016 | 126 | 1,393 |
| 2017 | 116 | 1,461 |
| 2018 | 170 | 1,136 |
| 2019 | 400 | 662 |
| 2020 | 325 | 746 |
| 2021 | 275 | 854 |
| 2022 | 306 | 814 |
| 2023 | 292 | 834 |
| 2024 | 489 | 584 |
| 2025 | 503 | 586 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## People named Eliel

- Eliel Saarinen, Finnish-American architect (1873-1950)
- Eliel Soisalon-Soininen, Finnish politician (1856–1905)
- Lars Sonck, Finnish-Swedish architect (1870–1956)
- Armas Lindgren, Finnish architect (1874–1929)
- Aarne Pelkonen, Finnish gymnast
- Risto Orko, Finnish filmmaker (1899–2001)
- Otto Stenroth, Finnish politician (1861-1939)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.