Ilyās
إِلْيَاس
Say it il-YAAS
Name of the Prophet Ilyās (peace be upon him)
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- In English
- Elijah
- Found in
- The Qurʾān: 6:85, 37:123 The prophets
- Also spelled
- Ilyas, Elias, Ilias
Meaning & source
We have not found a meaning we can source, so we do not give one.
Al-Suyūṭī calls it a Hebrew name. We found no classical source in our cache that gives its meaning.
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وَإِلْيَاسُ بهزة قَطْعٍ اسْمٌ عِبْرَانِيٌّ
Who carried this name
- The Prophet Ilyās (peace be upon him) Qurʾān 6:85