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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Elias m. Hebrew היולא 'Yahweh is God'. The most common medieval forms were influenced by Latin (H)elias, deriving from the Greek form Ἠλίας.

The name of a Biblical prophet and a 4th C martyr. Wyclif (1395): Elie.

England
Latin
1194 Elias (nom) RotCur-vol1 p. 5, Elie (gen) ibid. p. 7, Helia (nom) ibid. p. 3, Helie (gen) ibid. p. 7; 1279–80 Elias (nom) WaHR-SK p. 67, Elyas (nom) ibid. p. 68; 1300 Elyas (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 232, Elye (gen) ibid. p. 240; 1302 Elyas (nom) ComWil-vol1 p. 4; 1381 Elia (abl) Suffolk1381 p. 90, Eliam (acc) ibid. p. 109, Elias (nom) ibid. p. 131
English
1529 Elys PP-HenV p. 8; 1551 Ellis StAnthonlin p. 8; 1562 Elyes DEmar-vol1 p. 80; 1567 Elias StAnthonlin p. 19; 1579 Ellis DEmar-vol1 p. 84; 1581 Ellis DEmar-vol2 p. 6; 1583 Ellis ibid. p. 9, bruton-vol1 p. 8; 1587 Ellis DEmar-vol2 p. 14; 1590 Ellis ibid. p. 21; 1598 Ellis ibid. p. 39; 1599 Ellis ibid. p. 40, Elys bruton-vol1 p. 57
France
Latin
1047 Helie (gen) CartNDSaintes I; 1060 Helie (gen) ibid. XIX; 1067 Helie (gen) ibid. XII; 1067x1074 Helia (abl) ibid. XIII, Helias (nom) ibid. XIII, Helie (dat) ibid. XIII; 1067x1086 Helie (gen) ibid. XIV; 1079x1081 Helia (abl) ibid. XXI, Helias (nom) ibid. XXI; 1131 Helia (abl) ibid. XXII, Helias (nom) ibid. XXIII, Helie (gen) ibid. XXIII; 1135 Helia (abl) clairvaux-12thc 7; 1147 Helia (abl) ibid. 17; 1164 Elia (abl) ibid. 121; 1273 Helia (abl) RegToul-13thC p. 40; 1378 Helias (nom) hanquetvol1 837, Helie (gen) ibid. 575, Hellie (dat) ibid. 889
1378 Hellino (dat) hanquetvol1 1179
Old French
1296 Elyes paris1296 p. 61; 1313 Elye Paris1313 p. 67, Helyes ibid. p. 42
1313 Elyot Paris1313 p. 10
Middle French
1368 Heliés beauchet-vol1 p. 14; 1421 Helie favier 288
1392 Eliot MemBret-II col. 615; 1418 Eliot HGParis p. 376, Heliot ibid. p. 380; 1421 Elyot favier p. 158, Helyot ibid. 513; 1438 Heliot ibid. 514
Germany
Latin
1173 Helijas (nom) quix-vol1 99; 1219 Helias (nom) hennes-vol1 41
Scotland
Latin
a1199 Helya (abl) CartNBer 2; 1214–1226 Elia (abl) morton-vol1 1
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