Eliab
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The Hebrew name Eliab means 'my God is father'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/eljab/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Eliab is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- BRBrazil1 in 119K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 594K
- PAPanama≈1 in 37K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 83 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 37K (inferred from the name graph)
1,777 people, 2022
Highest-authority source
Panama, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The Hebrew name Eliab means 'my God is father.' In the Bible, it is the name of a fierce and loyal Gadite warrior who joined King David. The name suggests qualities of strength, bravery, and faithfulness.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Where in the world(measured from records)
Eliab counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | 1,777 | 1 in 119K | 1.8K | Eliab | 57 |
| TZ Tanzania | ≈870 est. | ≈1 in 68K | — | Eliab | 3 |
| KE Kenya | ≈820 est. | ≈1 in 65K | — | Eliab | 5 |
| US United States | 560 | 1 in 594K | 556 | Eliab | 83 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 989K | — | Eliab | 4 |
| PA Panama | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Eliab | 6 |
| GT Guatemala | ≈79 est. | ≈1 in 217K | — | Eliab | 8 |
1,777 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Eliab is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
As a Levite musician appointed by King David, Eliab's role signifies the importance of organized, skillful worship and the use of music in praising God during a foundational era in Israelite history.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
A Hebrew name meaning 'My God is father'. In the Bible, it is borne by several figures, including King David's eldest brother and this leader of the tribe of Zebulun.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Eliab, meaning 'my God is father,' is a biblical name associated with music and worship, belonging to a Levite musician in King David's court.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name signifies 'My God is father', serving as an ironic contrast to the rebellion of his sons against God's appointed leadership.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Eliab is of Hebrew origin and means "my God is father" or "God is my father".
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Eliab Harveyb. 1635English Member of Parliament (1635-1699)
- Eliab Harveyb. 1659English Member of Parliament (1659-1681)
- Eliab Harveyb. 1716GBof Claybury Hall; (1716-1769); English barrister, MP
- Eliab Harveyb. 1758GBBritish Royal Navy admiral, politician, and art collector (1758-1830)
- Eliab B. Dean, Jr.b. 1819USAmerican politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 35 sources across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Eliab come from?
- The Hebrew name Eliab means 'my God is father.' In the Bible, it is the name of a fierce and loyal Gadite warrior who joined King David. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Eliab?
- A machine transcription gives /eljab/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What does the name Eliab mean?
- Recorded meaning: The Hebrew name Eliab means 'my God is father.'
- Is Eliab a male or female name?
- Eliab is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Eliab?
- In the etymology graph, Eliav is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Eliab have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named Eliab, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled eliab.
- How common is the name Eliab?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 1,777 people named Eliab in 2022, about 1 in 119 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Eliab?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/eliabThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Eliab”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.