Eliezer

Where Eliezer comes from

From Hebrew אליעזר (eliʿézer).
— Wiktionary's entry for Eliezer
  • Hebrew
  • 4 syllables
Eliezer through the years
  1. 1858
    Eliezer Ben-Yehuda born
    Russian hebrew linguist, grammarian, journalist, lexicographer, newspaper editor and Zionist activist
  2. 1947
    First appearance
    #2,356 among boys with 11 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1979
    Eliezer Yudkowsky born
    American AI researcher and writer
  4. 1982
    Peak, #827
    115 babies named Eliezer, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Namesakes
  • Eliezer Ben-Yehuda · Russian hebrew linguist, grammarian, journalist, lexicographer, newspaper editor and Zionist activist, 1858–1922
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky · American AI researcher and writer, born 1979
  • Eliezer Kaplan · Israeli politician, 1891–1952
  • Eliezer Melamed · Israeli rabbi, born 1961
  • Eliezer Halfin · Munich Massacre victim, 1948–1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.