Last name origin & meaning: Welsh, Jewish, and American: from the personal name Elijah,
the usual English transliteration in the King James Bible (Old
Testament) of the Hebrew name Eliyahu ‘Jehovah is God’, name of
one of the Biblical prophets (see Elias). This name appears in the following lists:
Angels,
Biblical Names,
Poets
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