Meaning of name Elisha

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Meaning

The name Elisha has the following meaning:

The Lord is my salvation. He was the successor to the prophet Elijah. A popular Puritan name.

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

Popularity

See worldwide popularity rankings of Elisha as a baby name (outside USA)

As a baby boy name, Elisha is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 616 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Elisha fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 76 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 709 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Elisha in the USA, over the past 100 years.

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Pronunciation

The name Elisha is pronounced as ee-ly-shah

Origins

Elisha originates from the Hebrew language.
See other suggested Hebrew baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Elisha and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Elisha: Boys - Dar, Dekel, Elias, Ezekiel, Nachman, Nahum, Noadiah, Girls - Anissa, Nechama, Both genders - Ruth

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Elisha: Elisee, Eliseo (Italian), Elishah, Elisher, Elishu, Elishua, Elisio, Eliso, Elizeo, Elizur (English), Ellsha, Elsha, Elysee, Elyseo, Elysha, Elyshah, Elysher, Elysio, Elyso, Lisha

Style

We think the name Elisha should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Elisha to be: Compassionate and funny chap

In one word, you might describe Elisha as a(n) "compassionate" person.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Elisha (or its variants) are:

Elisha Gray , born on 2 August, a famous engineer. Elisha Gray 's background: An American electrical engineer and is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois, U.S.A..

Elisha Benjamin Andrews, born on 10 January, a famous economist. Elisha Benjamin Andrews's background: An American economist and educator, born in Hinsdale, New Hampshire.

Elisha Williams, born on 26 August, a famous minister. Elisha Williams's background: A Congregational minister, legislator, jurist, and rector of Yale College from 1726 to 1739.