Infographic of Elisha name meaning, which is “God is salvation,” from the Hebrew. The Biblical Elisha was a prophet of Israel and the disciple of and successor to Elijah.
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Elisha Name Popularity

How popular is the name Elisha? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 567 6 0.0017%
1911 655 5 0.0013%
1912 718 11 0.0022%
1913 637 20 0.0035%
1914 759 20 0.0029%
1915 822 23 0.0025%
1916 592 57 0.0059%
1917 685 44 0.0044%
1918 727 41 0.0038%
1919 641 56 0.0053%
1920 743 42 0.0038%
1921 604 74 0.0065%
1922 642 64 0.0057%
1923 670 58 0.0052%
1924 786 38 0.0033%
1925 706 47 0.0042%
1926 790 34 0.0031%
1927 684 52 0.0047%
1928 740 41 0.0038%
1929 875 26 0.0025%
1930 661 52 0.005%
1931 715 37 0.0037%
1932 818 28 0.0028%
1933 1,004 13 0.0014%
1934 769 29 0.003%
1935 1,025 13 0.0013%
1936 898 18 0.0019%
1937 1,024 12 0.0012%
1938 943 16 0.0016%
1939 940 15 0.0015%
1940 818 25 0.0024%
1941 813 27 0.0024%
1942 1,202 8 0.0006%
1943 810 30 0.0023%
1944 928 18 0.0015%
1945 893 19 0.0016%
1946 899 23 0.0016%
1947 1,011 18 0.0011%
1948 1,422 5 0.0003%
1949 928 24 0.0015%
1950 1,115 12 0.0007%
1951 1,414 5 0.0003%
1952 — 0 0%
1953 1,236 10 0.0006%
1954 1,249 10 0.0005%
1955 1,334 7 0.0004%
1956 — 0 0%
1957 — 0 0%
1958 1,423 6 0.0003%
1959 — 0 0%
1960 — 0 0%
1961 — 0 0%
1962 1,470 6 0.0003%
1963 1,576 5 0.0003%
1964 — 0 0%
1965 1,556 5 0.0003%
1966 — 0 0%
1967 — 0 0%
1968 — 0 0%
1969 — 0 0%
1970 1,389 10 0.0006%
1971 1,498 7 0.0005%
1972 1,606 6 0.0004%
1973 — 0 0%
1974 1,710 5 0.0004%
1975 990 31 0.0024%
1976 1,147 21 0.0016%
1977 1,013 33 0.0024%
1978 980 36 0.0027%
1979 1,043 33 0.0023%
1980 899 54 0.0037%
1981 979 42 0.0029%
1982 1,000 40 0.0027%
1983 1,078 33 0.0022%
1984 926 49 0.0033%
1985 940 51 0.0034%
1986 1,146 30 0.002%
1987 1,173 31 0.002%
1988 1,233 31 0.002%
1989 1,105 48 0.003%
1990 998 65 0.0039%
1991 958 76 0.0047%
1992 929 85 0.0053%
1993 863 102 0.0065%
1994 783 129 0.0084%
1995 741 158 0.0105%
1996 697 182 0.0122%
1997 704 180 0.0122%
1998 673 206 0.0138%
1999 650 218 0.0146%
2000 660 225 0.0147%
2001 641 248 0.0165%
2002 599 297 0.0198%
2003 613 298 0.0196%
2004 603 318 0.0209%
2005 598 332 0.0217%
2006 624 334 0.0213%
2007 648 328 0.0208%
2008 624 351 0.0227%
2009 703 288 0.0193%
2010 639 328 0.0228%
2011 707 273 0.0192%
2012 705 277 0.0194%
2013 673 302 0.0212%
2014 736 267 0.0183%
2015 738 266 0.0183%
2016 760 255 0.0177%
2017 785 225 0.0161%
2018 805 210 0.0153%
2019 718 266 0.0196%
2020 863 209 0.0164%
2021 871 218 0.0178%
2022 826 251 0.019%

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Names Like Elisha

If you like Elisha, you’ll love these other names like Elisha.

What names are diminutives of Elisha?

A diminutive is a name that’s like Elisha sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Elisha, but shorter.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Lish

A diminutive form of Elisha.

What names are variants of Elisha?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Elisha.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Eleisha

God is my salvation

Welsh

Eli

Ascension

Hebrew

Elisee

God is my salvation

Hebrew

Eliseo

God is my salvation

Hebrew

Elisher

God is my salvation

Hebrew

Eliso

God is my salvation

Hebrew

Lisha

God is my salvation

Hebrew

What names sound like Elisha?

If you like how Elisha sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Elisha.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Ailesh

Lord of everything

Indian (Sanskrit)

Alicio

Man's defender, warrior

Greek

Aloisio

Famous warrior

German

Walsh

Welsh

English

Welsh

Welshman

Welsh

Lists With Elisha

Find inspiration in these baby boy name lists featuring the name Elisha.

Siblings of Elisha

Mamas with kids named Elisha also have kids with these names.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Ensley

Solitary clearing

Scottish

Isabella

Devoted to God

Italian

Trinity

The Holy Trinity

English

Katelynn

Pure

Greek

12 Comments

  1. We chose our babies name, because it was important to both my husband and I, to have a name that glorifies God. Elisha means God is my salvation. It took my husband and I over 5 years to conceive, and to honor this beautiful blessing, naming him Elisha felt so natural.

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  2. The name Elisha means God is salvation, our other 2 boys are named
    Nehemiah- God is comfort
    Ezra-God is helper

    We love that these names display Gods character!
    And that’s a great way for us to share God with others when people ask about their names!

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  3. I wanted to name my baby boy Elisha by often time I of to be correcting people about the pronunciation I really in love with the name for my son like the prophet in the bible

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  4. I’m female and my name is Elisha. 🙂

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  5. My name is Elisha to seriously the name is powerful I still don’t know why I was giving that name, but I feel connected to him somehow that’s Elisha the prophet in the bible

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  6. On January 23, 2021, my 8 weeks 4 day pregnancy stopped progressing. No Heartbeat. The Lord had given me the name Theodore Elias for this child and I had complete faith The Lord Would heal the pregnancy. On February 14, 2021, we delivered our Theodore into the hands of God. He was our gift, Theodore, and the Lord was his God, Elias (variant of Elijah) and through this, with much prayer, weeping & grief, I am aware of the double portion of anointing that will be on our next child. We will give him the name Elisha, as he will follow after our Elijah. We witnessed him go….. God Be Praised in the valley, for the beauty of the mountain top. Victory Is Here!!

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  7. We went from elijah to Elisha because the Lord told me to and he was the profet with the double portion. Halelula

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  8. But his name is spelled “elishah” and it’s in the Bible once love the name and how unique it is

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  9. I love the name Elisha but thinking of naming my baby girl?

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    • Elisha is a gender-neutral name!

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  10. I did not look up the meaning Elisha on the internet. I looked up who Elisha was in the Bible and decided On that name.

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  11. Elisha was a man in the Bible. God protected him with an invisible Army of angels with chariots of fire. I was in a car accident at 29 weeks pregnant and had no injuries at all when my mother almost died and the lady we hit passed away. My baby was protected by God, so we named him Elisha.

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