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Name Origin

Elias is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, meaning 'My God is Yahweh'. It's a variant of the name Elijah.

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Famous People

Elias Canetti (1905-1994)

Novelist, playwright, essayist

  • Nobel Prize in Literature (1981)
  • Author of 'Auto-da-Fé' and 'Crowds and Power'

Elias Howe (1819-1867)

Inventor

  • Invented the sewing machine

Elias Boudinot (1740-1821)

Politician

  • President of the Continental Congress (1783)
  • Signed the Treaty of Paris

Elias Ashmole (1617-1692)

Antiquarian, astrologer, and alchemist

  • Founded the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford