Eljas

Eljas is a Finnish masculine given name derived from the Hebrew name Elijah, meaning my God is Yahweh, formed from the elements El, meaning God, and Yah, a shortened form of the divine name Yahweh. It entered Finnish use as a vernacular adaptation of the biblical prophet Elijah, whose dramatic story in the Hebrew scriptures made the name widely adopted across European Christian traditions. The name is the Finnish equivalent of forms found in other languages, such as Elias, Ilja, and Élie.