Elisha Forename
5,876th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 178,942 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania
Elisha Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘To whom the Lord is Saviour’, commonly latinized as Eliseus, the name of the disciple and successor of Elijah. Some of the medieval Ellis’s may represent this name, though most of them are undoubtedly from Elias (i.e.
Read More About This ForenameElisha Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 99% | 61,589 | 1:857 | 181 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 33,230 | 1:5,343 | 862 |
| Kenya | 100% | 19,943 | 1:2,322 | 429 |
| United States | 71% | 15,819 | 1:22,918 | 1,763 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 10,546 | 1:1,463 | 270 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 6,745 | 1:10,946 | 1,069 |
| India | 66% | 5,735 | 1:211,836 | 21,665 |
| Malawi | 99% | 5,309 | 1:3,223 | 549 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4,607 | 1:5,858 | 701 |
| Zambia | - | 3,147 | 1:5,038 | 701 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1,979 | 1:20,696 | 1,662 |
| England | 51% | 1,481 | 1:37,544 | 1,945 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,338 | 1:2,155 | 483 |
| South Africa | 54% | 1,103 | 1:49,440 | 5,135 |
| Australia | - | 958 | 1:14,256 | 1,147 |
| Philippines | 85% | 764 | 1:138,756 | 6,965 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56% | 639 | 1:12,758 | 1,282 |
| Canada | 85% | 633 | 1:52,343 | 3,378 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 275 | 1:938,050 | 59,338 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Iraq | 100% | 232 | 1:150,939 | 2,994 |
| Liberia | 99% | 220 | 1:20,055 | 1,391 |
| Malaysia | 65% | 186 | 1:163,709 | 9,988 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 174 | 1:7,824 | 1,232 |
| Botswana | 92% | 169 | 1:12,926 | 1,739 |
| Cameroon | 95% | 141 | 1:153,266 | 7,041 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Thailand | 52% | 103 | 1:680,251 | 28,855 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 97 | 1:317,386 | 6,177 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 95 | 1:6,115 | 707 |
| Saint Lucia | 55% | 85 | 1:2,092 | 388 |
| Lesotho | 98% | 84 | 1:24,286 | 2,959 |
| Russia | 93% | 74 | 1:1,949,104 | 13,269 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 63 | 1:2,473 | 519 |
| South Korea | 84% | 59 | 1:93,973 | 4,901 |
| New Zealand | - | 58 | 1:78,208 | 3,650 |
| Wales | 50% | 58 | 1:53,350 | 1,789 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 49 | 1:232,070 | 1,122 |
| Israel | 60% | 47 | 1:178,785 | 5,862 |
| Netherlands | 60% | 40 | 1:422,552 | 11,255 |
| Guyana | 100% | 39 | 1:19,571 | 2,427 |
| Scotland | 74% | 35 | 1:152,868 | 3,016 |
| China | - | 31 | 1:44,066,316 | 61,924 |
| Brazil | 100% | 28 | 1:7,651,291 | 103,685 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Grenada | 81% | 26 | 1:4,159 | 713 |
| Singapore | 67% | 24 | 1:261,961 | 9,116 |
| Ireland | 71% | 22 | 1:211,069 | 3,894 |
| Panama | 100% | 20 | 1:195,328 | 7,631 |
| Germany | 75% | 18 | 1:5,370,993 | 21,319 |
| Iceland | - | 17 | 1:21,530 | 1,463 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 17 | 1:11,432,805 | 75,526 |
| Belgium | 100% | 16 | 1:718,128 | 9,982 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 15 | 1:7,316 | 1,065 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 80% | 13 | 1:8,583 | 1,271 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 12 | 1:2,718,626 | 20,989 |
| Marshall Islands | 88% | 11 | 1:4,657 | 727 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 11 | 1:117,980 | 3,424 |
| Nepal | - | 11 | 1:2,589,759 | 36,665 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 11 | 1:650,181 | 20,553 |
| Belarus | 50% | 9 | 1:1,053,598 | 5,565 |
| Benin | 100% | 9 | 1:1,175,094 | 27,937 |
| Burundi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Egypt | 67% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| France | 73% | 9 | 1:7,385,593 | 25,788 |
| Mexico | 80% | 9 | 1:13,793,825 | 37,132 |
| Poland | - | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Sweden | 67% | 9 | 1:1,095,323 | 21,139 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Czechia | 96% | 8 | 1:1,332,020 | 3,968 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 8 | 1:703,446 | 7,424 |
| Niger | 75% | 8 | 1:2,397,999 | 27,433 |
| Switzerland | 56% | 8 | 1:1,026,687 | 12,013 |
| Costa Rica | 80% | 7 | 1:681,135 | 8,843 |
| Hong Kong | - | 7 | 1:1,107,532 | 6,332 |
| Norway | 100% | 7 | 1:733,190 | 11,461 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Honduras | - | 6 | 1:1,469,578 | 13,832 |
| Brunei | - | 5 | 1:83,914 | 1,339 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 5 | 1:3,675,894 | 52,713 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Japan | - | 5 | 1:25,597,211 | 50,433 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Cambodia | 75% | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Denmark | - | 4 | 1:1,412,374 | 15,217 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Bahamas | - | 3 | 1:133,123 | 2,262 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Congo | 100% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Italy | 97% | 2 | 1:30,531,045 | 57,596 |
| Ivory Coast | 50% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Peru | 67% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Spain | - | 2 | 1:23,264,982 | 24,876 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Austria | 100% | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
Elisha (77,222) may also be a surname.
Elisha Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘To whom the Lord is Saviour’, commonly latinized as Eliseus, the name of the disciple and successor of Elijah. Some of the medieval Ellis’s may represent this name, though most of them are undoubtedly from Elias (i.e. Elijah). Elisha was occasionally used as a christian name in the 17th C and later, but was never common.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
In C19-20, mostly in the U. S. A., where most of the ‘prophets’ reside. In Hebrew, ‘God of my salvation,’ it becomes Eliseus in the New Testament. Next to Elijah, Elisha was perhaps the greatest of the Old Testament prophets. ‘It is possible that the frequent Ellis of the middle ages may spring from it,’ Yonge.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Elisha is a given name of the Universal tribe, meaning: elijah (Biblical.
— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama
E-ly'-shah, salvation of God. The son of Shaphat, Elijah s disciple and successor in the prophetic office. 1 Kings xix., &c.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: my God is salvation.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: God is thy welfare: God my salvation.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Elisha Forename Popularity
Elisha Demographics
Elisha Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 4 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Elisha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elisha in the Russian language | ||
| Элиша | elisa | - |
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