Name of the day...Elias!

Today's name is Elias!

The name Elias has two common pronunciations depending on your region and language: ee-LY-əs (most common in English) or eh-LEE-ahs (common in Spanish, German, and Arabic).

The name Elias means "The Lord is my God" or "My God is Yahweh". It is the Greek and Latin variant of the Hebrew name Elijah (Eliyahu).

While it originated in Hebrew text as Eliyahu, it was Hellenized to Elias in the Greek New Testament and has since been adopted across Scandinavian, Germanic, and Latin cultures.

Common Nicknames: Eli, El, and Ellis.

Elias is over 2,700 years old!