Elioenai
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Elioenai is a biblical Hebrew name meaning "my eyes look toward God"
Used for both men and women, depending on the country· national registers that list names by sex disagree
- Brazil (Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)): listed under both sexes
- United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as male
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 12 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025
/ɛljuẽaj/(machine-generated) Portuguese · model-generated
Elioenai is a given name used for both men and women, depending on the country, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- BRBrazil1 in 280K(measured from records)
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 440Kfew records
- CRCosta Rica1 in 728K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 64 (measured from records)
- 1 in 280K (inferred from the name graph)
757 people, 2022
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Brazil
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Elioenai is a biblical Hebrew name meaning "my eyes look toward God." It is the name of several minor characters in the Old Testament, including a descendant of the tribe of Benjamin. While rare, it is a name with a deep spiritual meaning, suggesting faith and reliance on God.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Elioenai 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | 757 | 1 in 280K | 835 | Elioenai | 60 |
| US United States | 133 | 1 in 2.5M | 102 | Elioenai | 64 |
| VE Venezuela | ≈65 est. | ≈1 in 440K | — | Elioenai | 7 |
| PH Philippines | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 4.5M | — | Elioenai | 7 |
| ES Spain | 22 | 1 in 2.3M | 22 | — | 4 |
| HN Honduras | ≈18 est. | ≈1 in 522K | — | Elioenai | 2 |
| SV El Salvador | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 674K | — | Elioenai | 4 |
| CR Costa Rica | 7 | 1 in 728K | 7 | — | 3 |
757 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. 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: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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)Elioenai 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.
Elioenai is a rare biblical name of Hebrew origin with the spiritual meaning "my eyes look towards God". Though uncommon, it could be an alternative to names like Elias or Malachi.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
A rare biblical name of Hebrew origin, Elioenai means "my eyes look to God." It suggests a deep sense of faith and devotion, making it a unique and meaningful choice.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name is derived from the Hebrew words 'el' (to, toward), 'Yaho' (a shortened form of Yahweh, the name of God), and 'ʿênay' (my eyes).
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Elioenai means "My eyes are toward God" or "Unto Yahweh are my eyes," signifying faith, hope, and reliance upon God.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Elioenai is of Hebrew origin and means "my eyes look to Yahweh" or "to Yahweh are my eyes".
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.
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)17 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 835 | #10,324 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 757 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2010 | 721 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2000 | 580 | — |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 551 | #5,773 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 499 | #10,041 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1990 | 355 | — |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 295 | #10,732 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 258 | #10,041 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1990 | 225 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1980 | 211 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1980 | 144 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Elioenai come from?
- Elioenai is a biblical Hebrew name meaning "my eyes look toward God." It is the name of several minor characters in the Old Testament, including a descendant of the tribe of Benjamin. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Elioenai?
- It depends on the language: in Portuguese /ɛljuẽaj/; in Spanish /eljoɛnai/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- Is Elioenai a male or female name?
- Elioenai is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: Brazil (Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)): listed under both sexes; United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as male. We don't publish a percentage split.
- What does the name Elioenai mean?
- Recorded meaning: Elioenai is a biblical Hebrew name meaning "my eyes look toward God."
- In which country does Elioenai have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 757 people named Elioenai, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled elioenai.
- Where is Elioenai most common?
- Elioenai is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 280 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Elioenai?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 757 people named Elioenai in 2022, about 1 in 280 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/elioenaiThe 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, “Elioenai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.