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
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- Latin
- ● 1189 Helie (gen) GASurv p. 85;
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
- ◑ 1189 Eliot (nom) GASurv p. 136
- 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
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- Latin
- ● 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
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- Latin
- ● 1173 Helijas (nom) quix-vol1 99;
1219 Helias (nom) hennes-vol1 41;
1249 Elyas (nom) ibid. 131
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● a1199 Helya (abl) CartNBer 2;
1214–1226 Elia (abl) morton-vol1 1
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Elias". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Elias.