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Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady

EliavIn Hebrew: אליאב · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אֱלִיאָב

Eliav (Hebrew: אליאב) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 4,789 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 153 boys and ranked #126. Its peak year was 2015, with 251 babies.

People in Israel
4,789
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
153
rank #126
Peak year
2015
251 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Eliav

In Hebrew letters the name is אליאב, read right to left. Eliav is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Eliav by year in Israel

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Eliav: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Eliav

How do you write Eliav in Hebrew?

Eliav is written אליאב in Hebrew (with vowel points: אֱלִיאָב). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Eliav?

4,789 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אליאב: 0 women and 4,789 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Eliav a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named אליאב are men.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.