Elon is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “oak tree.” In 2024 it was given to 156 boys in the United States.
Elon at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Biblical & Christian
Meaning
“oak tree”
Pronunciation
/ˈiːlɔːn/
About the name Elon
Elon belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “oak tree” — 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, Elon first appears in Social Security records in 1885. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #942 in 2018, and in 2024 156 babies received the name — 3,028 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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