Eleazar Forename
8,995th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 114,441 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico
Eleazar Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘The Lord is helper’; the name of the s. of Aaron, the second chief-priest of Israel, and also of a s. of Aminadab and one of David’s captains. Not uncommon as a christian name in the 17th C.
Eleazar Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 89% | 59,760 | 1:2,077 | 329 |
| Philippines | 99% | 12,932 | 1:8,197 | 1,179 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 11,433 | 1:2,642 | 387 |
| United States | 95% | 8,579 | 1:42,259 | 2,516 |
| Peru | 100% | 4,704 | 1:6,758 | 910 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3,359 | 1:14,224 | 1,112 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2,813 | 1:5,726 | 660 |
| Chile | 100% | 1,627 | 1:10,822 | 797 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 930 | 1:190,929 | 8,424 |
| Honduras | 100% | 890 | 1:9,907 | 992 |
| Spain | 93% | 836 | 1:55,658 | 2,131 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 813 | 1:7,403 | 897 |
| Argentina | 99% | 768 | 1:55,694 | 1,473 |
| Brazil | 100% | 702 | 1:305,180 | 11,773 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 583 | 1:52,852 | 6,182 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 469 | 1:22,242 | 2,018 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 445 | 1:165,905 | 7,708 |
| El Salvador | - | 442 | 1:14,348 | 900 |
| Chad | 100% | 371 | 1:36,653 | 3,873 |
| Ghana | 100% | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Panama | 100% | 223 | 1:17,518 | 1,832 |
| Costa Rica | 98% | 156 | 1:30,564 | 1,710 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 121 | 1:28,328 | 1,317 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 104 | 1:207,793 | 8,720 |
| Indonesia | - | 85 | 1:3,034,867 | 138,909 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Malaysia | 86% | 82 | 1:371,341 | 17,758 |
| Canada | 100% | 81 | 1:409,054 | 11,602 |
| India | 100% | 75 | 1:16,198,373 | 412,104 |
| Jamaica | - | 60 | 1:48,054 | 2,758 |
| Uganda | 100% | 49 | 1:835,856 | 15,656 |
| Ecuador | - | 44 | 1:402,885 | 4,840 |
| Kenya | - | 37 | 1:1,251,544 | 19,507 |
| Liberia | 93% | 34 | 1:129,766 | 5,183 |
| South Africa | 89% | 33 | 1:1,652,505 | 52,695 |
| Belize | 100% | 32 | 1:11,072 | 1,594 |
| England | 100% | 27 | 1:2,059,367 | 26,023 |
| Russia | 100% | 26 | 1:5,547,450 | 26,027 |
| Paraguay | 95% | 25 | 1:289,472 | 3,856 |
| Rwanda | - | 25 | 1:454,857 | 1,393 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 15 | 1:1,225,298 | 31,975 |
| Congo | 100% | 14 | 1:357,800 | 7,134 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 14 | 1:97,244 | 6,816 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 12 | 1:883,450 | 3,230 |
| Singapore | 100% | 11 | 1:571,550 | 11,876 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| France | 100% | 9 | 1:7,385,593 | 25,788 |
| Thailand | 100% | 9 | 1:7,785,090 | 119,233 |
| Guyana | 100% | 8 | 1:95,408 | 7,334 |
| Zambia | - | 7 | 1:2,264,971 | 21,963 |
| Zimbabwe | 67% | 7 | 1:2,203,402 | 59,073 |
| Cuba | - | 6 | 1:1,917,759 | 4,898 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6 | 1:591,717 | 4,217 |
| Taiwan | - | 6 | 1:3,961,614 | 68,952 |
| Italy | 50% | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Pakistan | 71% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| Benin | - | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| China | - | 4 | 1:341,513,946 | 78,144 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Israel | - | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Norway | 100% | 4 | 1:1,283,082 | 16,224 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Bahamas | - | 3 | 1:133,123 | 2,262 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 3 | 1:5,634,028 | 29,480 |
| Romania | 100% | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 3 | 1:2,737,832 | 21,065 |
| Australia | - | 2 | 1:6,828,811 | 37,569 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2 | 1:5,745,020 | 30,381 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Germany | - | 2 | 1:48,338,938 | 72,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Saint Lucia | 50% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Austria | 100% | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Eléazar (7), Eleázar (4) & Elèazar (1) are calculated separately.
Eleazar (6,683) may also be a surname.
Eleazar Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘The Lord is helper’; the name of the s. of Aaron, the second chief-priest of Israel, and also of a s. of Aminadab and one of David’s captains. Not uncommon as a christian name in the 17th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
M. In Hebrew, ‘the Lord’s help,’ it is now somewhat rare.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
E-le-ay'-zar, help or court of God. 1. The third son of Aaron, and his successor in the priesthood. Exod. vi. 23. 2. The son of Abinadab, to whose care the ark was entrusted when it was sent back by the Philistines. 1 Sam. vii. 1. 3. The son of Dodo, one of David s worthies. 1 Chron. xi. 11 18. 4. The son of Eliud. Matt. i. 15.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: God is helper.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: God helpeth.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Eleazar Forename Popularity
Eleazar Demographics
Eleazar Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 4 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Eleazar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eleazar in the Russian language | ||
| Елеазар | eleazar | - |
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