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The elijah Surname

elijah Name Meaning and History

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). As a Welsh surname, this is a comparatively late adoption of the personal name, adopted after Old Testament given names became popular among Nonconformists.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of elijah Families in the US in 1920

Number of elijah families

7-12

3-6

1-2

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Threads: 17 - Messages: 46

Thread	Author	Replies
Elijah was from Indiana not Wisconsin	Tricia	5
elijah	Wmjchas	15
Orrin ELIJAH married Mary E. STONER	JoySalerni	1
Merkel Walters here..	Merkel Walters	0
Herschel L. Elijah, Sr., obituary	lindel09	0
Elijah	Tricia	1
Ohio Elijah's	marcellohammon	1
mary blijah/elijah	paula hogan	5
Verne Palmer Elijah- WWI Veteran	Tricia	0
Elijah photo's	Tricia	0

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