Elijio
Masculine · “chosen”
Elijio is Eligio spelled with the j that says the same sound, and Eligio is the Spanish form of Eligius, the goldsmith saint the French call Éloi. French children still sing about him: in the song Le bon roi Dagobert, it is Saint Éloi who tells the king he has put his breeches on inside out.
How old is the name Elijio?
Elijio first appears in US birth records in 1917 — 108 years ago. The typical Elijio alive today was born around 1969, making them about 56 years old. About 400 people named Elijio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Elijio most popular?
Elijio peaked in 1945, reaching #2009 nationally. See the whole 1945 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Latin eligere to Elijio
The story of Elijio
Eligius was born near Limoges around 588 and trained as a goldsmith. His Life, written by his friend Audoin, says he was paid to make one throne for King Chlothar II and made two from the gold, and that his honesty won him a place at court; under Dagobert I he ran the royal mint before becoming bishop of Noyon. Goldsmiths, metalworkers and blacksmiths took him as their patron. The comic song about Dagobert and his breeches dates from the eighteenth century and made the saint a household name for French children.
Meaning
chosen
From Latin Eligius, built on eligere, to choose. Elijio is Eligio written with a j and has no separate history.
How the name formed
- Latin eligere
- Eligius
- Eligio
- Elijio
Related forms: Eligio · Éloi · Eloi · Eligio
Pronouncing Elijio
eh-LEE-hee-oh
Spanish says the j as a breathy h, exactly as it says the g in Eligio. English readers may say eh-LIJ-ee-oh.
Nicknames for Elijio
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1917
- Most boys named
- 199114 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2009reached in 1945
- Change vs 2011
- −28.6%5 in 2020, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Elijio in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Eligio in Spanish — spelling variant
- Éloi in French — related form
- Eloi in Catalan — related form
- Eligio in Italian — related form
Elijios among us
people named Elijio are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Elijio sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A settled meaning, chosen, and a saint with a warm place in French popular song.
- The j spells the Spanish sound plainly, so Spanish speakers read it correctly.
- Eli gives an easy short form in English.
- Spanish speakers expect Eligio and may correct the j.
- English readers will not guess the pronunciation and may give it an English j.
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Frequently asked
- How many Elijios are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Elijio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Elijio in 2025?
- Elijio is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
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- Elijio will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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