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Elijah

Elijah ranks #630 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 1 place, 1 cat carries the name. It's also a dog name: #1,470 among boy dog names.
Elijah's popularity trend

Elijah's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank.

0.005%0.01%0.015%20122013201520182019
Cats in our data
1
across 1 place
Popularity rank
#630
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
—
2014 → 2019
Gender split
90% male
10% female90% male

Gender split comes from 10 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Elijah mean?
/ɪˈlaɪd͡ʒə/3 syllablesOrigin: Hebrew

Elijah means “Yahweh is my god” (from Hebrew Eliyahu).

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Elijah shows up

Cats named Elijah per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA<0.01%

Cat names like Elijah

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Elijah means, by theme

God