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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Elias m. Hebrew אליהו '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. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Elie.

England
Latin
1155 Helia (abl) FPD p. 121, fn. 1, Heliam (acc) ibid. p. 121, fn. 1, Helias (nom) ibid. p. 121, fn. 1, Heliæ (dat) ibid. p. 121, fn. 1; 1189 Helia (nom) GASurv p. 177, Helie (gen) ibid. p. 85, Helyas (nom) ibid. p. 181, Helye (gen) ibid. p. 220; 1194 Elias (nom) RotCur-vol1 p. 5, Elie (gen) ibid. p. 7, Helia (nom) ibid. p. 3, Helie (gen) ibid. p. 7; 1256 Eliam (acc) EARNb p. 6, Elias (nom) ibid. p. 6, Eliæ (gen) ibid. p. 2; 1279–80 Elias (nom) WaHR-SK p. 67, Elyas (nom) ibid. p. 68; 1296 Elye (gen) RCS-1 p. 94a; 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
1189 Eliot (nom) GASurv p. 136
Early Modern 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
937x993 Helie (gen) CartSavII 1; 1047 Helie (gen) CartNDSaintes I; c1050 Helia (abl) StVdM-II 696; 1055 Hęlias (nom) ibid. 739; 1060 Helie (gen) CartNDSaintes 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; 1310 Elyas (nom) GasReg-A p. 217; 1310/11 Helias (nom) ibid. p. 100; 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; 1212 Elia (abl) quix-vol2 125; 1219 Helias (nom) hennes-vol1 41; 1232 Helyas (nom) CDL-1.1.1 XII; 1249 Elyas (nom) hennes-vol1 131; 1259 Elias (nom) CDL-1.1.1 XXXI, Helyas (nom) ibid. XXXI
Ireland
Latin
fin12thC Elias (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 6, Helias (nom) ibid. III, p. 23
Scotland
Latin
a1199 Helya (abl) CartNBer 2; 1214–1226 Elia (abl) morton-vol1 1
Switzerland
Latin
1141 Helias (nom) CartHaut 3
Wales
Latin
1497 Elys (nom) ArchCambIII p. 66
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Elias". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Elias.