Elihu Forename
Approximately 2,497 people bear this name
Elihu Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘The Lord himself’, or ‘The Lord is Jah’ he name of one of the three friends of Job, adopted as a christian name in the 17th C and still used in the USA.
Read More About This ForenameElihu Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 98% | 926 | 1:134,065 | 2,955 |
| United States | 100% | 722 | 1:502,129 | 13,227 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 331 | 1:536,448 | 16,471 |
| Brazil | 100% | 80 | 1:2,677,952 | 51,413 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 62 | 1:487,127 | 13,195 |
| Philippines | 100% | 48 | 1:2,208,531 | 47,969 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 41 | 1:392,889 | 4,080 |
| Spain | 100% | 35 | 1:1,329,428 | 9,779 |
| Jamaica | - | 27 | 1:106,786 | 4,444 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Peru | 100% | 27 | 1:1,177,461 | 14,768 |
| Canada | 100% | 23 | 1:1,440,581 | 24,592 |
| Indonesia | - | 22 | 1:11,725,621 | 355,622 |
| Chile | 92% | 14 | 1:1,257,658 | 10,399 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 12 | 1:48,413 | 2,992 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 10 | 1:815,231 | 57,976 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| Congo | 100% | 7 | 1:715,601 | 13,459 |
| Haiti | - | 7 | 1:1,532,422 | 18,706 |
| England | 100% | 5 | 1:11,120,584 | 76,686 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 5 | 1:10,557,664 | 41,958 |
| Honduras | - | 5 | 1:1,763,493 | 15,274 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 2 | 1:15,224,970 | 260,513 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| France | - | 2 | 1:33,235,170 | 58,100 |
| India | 100% | 2 | 1:607,438,986 | 4,324,298 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2 | 1:27,266,324 | 304,698 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1 | 1:9,857,907 | 78,968 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Liberia | - | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
The alternate forms: Elihú (22) & Elihù (1) are calculated separately.
Elihu (692) may also be a surname.
Elihu Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘The Lord himself’, or ‘The Lord is Jah’ he name of one of the three friends of Job, adopted as a christian name in the 17th C and still used in the USA.
See the preceding. Both Elijah and Elihu are rare in England, not quite so rare in the U. S. A.
A name derived from ‘Ελιου, Greek form of the Scripture name אֶלִיהוּא, Eliyhú, which Simonis translates ‘cui Deus est ille;’ but Jones more correctly, ‘God the Lord (El, and Y’hov for Y’hovah).’
E-ly'-hew, he is my God himself. 1. The son of Shemaiah, one of David s worthies. 1 Chron. xii. 20. 2. A porter of the temple. 1 Chron. xxvi. 7. 3. A brother of king David. 1 Chron. xxvii. 18. 4. One of Job's friends, a descendant of Nahor. Job xxxii. 2. 5. Grandfather of Elkanah, the father of Samuel. 1 Sam. i. 1.
Meaning: God of him: my God is Jehovah.
A Hebrew name, meaning: God reigneth: God is He: God the Lord.
User-submitted Reference
The Ndongeni forename means 'take a good care of that person'.
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Elihu Demographics
Average Male Elihu Height
171.86 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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