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Meaning

The name Elishu has the following meaning:

The Lord is my salvation. He was the successor to the prophet Elijah. A popular Puritan name.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Elishu is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Elishu for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Elisha, of which the name Elishu is a variant.
USA baby name statistics

Origins

The name Elishu is very likely a(n) Hebrew variant of the name Elisha. See other suggested Hebrew boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Elisha.

Related names

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

Variants

The name Elishu is a variant of Elisha. Other popular variants of the name Elisha are: 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 Elishu should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

See other Biblical boy names

Impression

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

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

See other "compassionate" names for boys.

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Famous persons

See the meaning of Elisha for names of some famous persons with the name Elishu or Elisha (or their variants).
Ethan (9)
Elijah (38)
Evan (48)
Eric (57)
Edward (127)
Erik (165)
Edgar (173)
Edwin (179)
Emmanuel (181)
Elias (209)
Eaen
Edwinn
Emilio
Emad
Edison
Eadgir
Eadgur
Efren
Eadgard
Elmoe
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