Elijah

Elijah is a Hebrew name, derived from the elements El, meaning God, and Yah, a shortened form of the divine name Yahweh, giving the overall sense of my God is Yahweh. In the Hebrew Bible, Elijah is a major prophetic figure who appears in the books of Kings, renowned for his confrontations with the prophets of Baal and his dramatic ascent to heaven in a chariot of fire. The name has remained in continuous use across Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions, where the prophet is known in Arabic as Ilyas. Related forms include the Greek-derived Elias, the anglicized Elijah variant Ellis, and the Spanish and Italian Elia.