Eleazar is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “God has helped.” In 2024 it was given to 182 boys in the United States.
Eleazar belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “God has helped” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Eleazar first appears in Social Security records in 1919. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1097 in 2023, and in 2024 182 babies received the name — 5,960 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Eleazar means “God has helped” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Eleazar is a boy name. In 2024, 182 babies received the name in the US.
Eleazar comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Eleazar first appears in US records in 1919. Its best-ever ranking was #1097 in 2023, and 182 babies were given the name in 2024.
Eleazar is pronounced /ɛliˈeɪzə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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