Elisha
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A Hebrew name meaning 'God is salvation', associated with the powerful biblical miracle-worker and successor to Elijah
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɛʎɪʃə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Elisha is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country.
- TZTanzania≈1 in 1K(inferred from the name graph)
- NGNigeria≈1 in 4.4K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 9.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 420 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈57,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Tanzania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A Hebrew name meaning 'God is salvation', associated with the powerful biblical miracle-worker and successor to Elijah.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Elisha counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TZ Tanzania | #401 | ≈57,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Elisha | 29 |
| NG Nigeria | #996 | ≈49,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | — | Elisha | 77 |
| US United States | — | 21,425 | 1 in 16K | 12K | Elisha | 420 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 4 | Elisha | 193 |
| AU Australia | #902 | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 9.3K | 3 | Elisha | 138 |
| GY Guyana | — | 89 | 1 in 8.4K | 89 | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Elisha is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Elisha represents the continuation of God's prophetic work and the abundance of God's power; in Christian theology, his miracles (healing lepers, raising the dead, feeding multitudes) are often seen as prefiguring the ministry of Jesus Christ.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Hebrew; successor of Elijah in the Bible
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In English, A prophet, a disciple and successor of Elijah.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, God saves; Milano
as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
God is salvation
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Elisha ben Abuyahb. 70ILRabbi of end of Second Temple period
- Elisha Lawrenceb. 1746USAmerican politician (1746-1799)
- Elis Graves Otisb. 1811USnot in their usual nameFounder of Otis Elevator Co.
- Elisha Kaneb. 1820USAmerican explorer and military medical officer (1820–1857)
- Elisha Baxterb. 1827USGovernor of Arkansas and Union Army officer (1827-1899)
- Elisha Grayb. 1835USAmerican electrical engineer
- Elisha Cook Jr.b. 1903USAmerican actor (1903-1995)
- Elisha Cuthbertb. 1982CACanadian actress
- Elisha Owusub. 1997FRGhanaian and French association football player
- Elisha Henigb. 2004USAmerican actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 80 sources across 50 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 12K | #1,535 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 9.3K | #1,535 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 322 | — |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 89 | #505 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 59 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2015 | 4 | #358 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2021 | 3 | #792 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2013 | 3 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Elisha mean, and where does it come from?
- A Hebrew name meaning 'God is salvation', associated with the powerful biblical miracle-worker and successor to Elijah. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- Is Elisha a male or female name?
- Elisha is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- How do you pronounce Elisha?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛʎɪʃə/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Elisha?
- In the etymology graph, Eliseo, Aleyda and Aletta are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Elisha have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 57 thousand people named Elisha in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled elisha.
- How common is the name Elisha?
- In the United States, the national register counted 21,425 people named Elisha in 2020, about 1 in 16 thousand residents.
- How common is Elisha compared with other names?
- In Tanzania, Elisha is the 401st most common given name of 37,285 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/elishaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Elisha” — the 401st most common given name in Tanzania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.