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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.

The English diminutive Ellot and the vernacular forms Elis and Elys are witnessed in 1379 in the relational bynames Ellotsoñ (WRYPT1 p. 304), Elismañ (WRYPT1 p. 293), and Elyssoñ (WRYPT1 p. 298).

Belgium
Dutch
● 1597x1598 Helias BoonenGes p. 382
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; 1222 Elyas (nom) StPaulDom p. 9, Helias (nom) ibid. p. 46, Helyas (nom) ibid. p. 9; 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; 1325 Eliam (acc) PSS-CXIV 10f; 1340xc1450 Elyas (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 6, Elys (nom) ibid. p. 6; 1379 Elyas (nom) WRYPT1 p. 6; 1381 Elia (abl) Suffolk1381 p. 90, Eliam (acc) ibid. p. 109, Elias (nom) ibid. p. 131; 1485–1486 Elia (abl) CovGuild-2 p. 65, Elys (abl) ibid. p. 74
◑ 1189 Eliot (nom) GASurv p. 136; 1452 Elyott (dat) Bar-in-El p. 3
Dutch
● 1576 Elias AuFr Aken; 1580 Elias ibid. Assens; 1586 Elias ibid. Bonnette; 1591 Elias ibid. Coppens; 1593 Elias ibid. Capelle
Early Modern English
● 1529 Elys PP-HenV p. 8; 1543 Ellis RegIng p. 2; 1551 Ellis StAnthonlin p. 8; 1559 Elis RegSASel p. 4; 1562 Elyes DEmar-vol1 p. 80; 1563 Ellis RegIng p. 5; 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; 1588 Elias RegBisham p. 5; 1590 Ellis DEmar-vol2 p. 21; 1594/5 Ellis RegFord p. 2; 1597 Eles COmar-vol5 p. 10; 1598 Ellis DEmar-vol2 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; 1259 Helyas (nom) NDParisII 2-XLVI; 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 Elye (obl) HistHdVParis p. 131, 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; 1564 Hélie RegPCC-1 p. 88; 1565 Elye ibid. p. 120; 1566 Elie ibid. p. 267; 1587 Helye RTFProvins 206
◑ 1392 Eliot MemBret-II col. 615; 1418 Eliot DdB1418 p. 200, HGParis p. 376, Heliot DdB1418 p. 204, HGParis 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
Hungary
Latin
● 1317 Eliae (gen) CDH-VIII-II IV
Ireland
Latin
● fin12thC Elias (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 6, Helias (nom) ibid. III, p. 23
Italy
Latin
● 1198 Elie (gen) ChStBo1 III, Helie (gen) ibid. III
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 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Elias.