Eloi

Where Eloi comes from

From French Éloi, from Medieval Latin Eligius, chiefly after Saint Eligius, from Latin ēligere (“to pick, to choose from”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives and names”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Eloi
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 2005
    First appearance
    #9,115 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2025
    Peak, #7,679
    10 babies named Eloi — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

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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.