# Eloi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eloi/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | “to pick”, “to choose from”, “-y: forming adjectives and names” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈiːlɔɪ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 75 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 75 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Éloi, from Medieval Latin Eligius, chiefly after Saint Eligius, from Latin ēligere (“to pick, to choose from”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives and names”).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7 | 9,412 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,909 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,851 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,618 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,065 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,603 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,030 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,899 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,162 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,929 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7,830 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Eloi
- French: Éloi
- Latin: Eligius
- Spanish: Eloy

## People named Eloi

- Éloi Meulenberg, Belgian cyclist (1912–1989)
- Lo La Chapelle, Dutch footballer (1888-1966)

## 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.