Eloy

Where Eloy comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Eloy.

  • Vowel-ended
Eloy through the years
  1. 1842
    Eloy Alfaro born
    president of Ecuador (1897-1901) /
  2. 1908
    First appearance
    #1,217 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1946
    Peak, #700
    86 babies named Eloy, its best rank.
  4. 1989
    Eloy Room born
    Curaçaoan association football player
  5. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,783.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Eloy Alfaro · president of Ecuador (1897-1901) /, 1842–1912
  • Eloy Room · Curaçaoan association football player, born 1989
  • Eloy Olaya · Spanish footballer, born 1964
  • Eloy Campos · Peruvian footballer, born 1942
  • Eloy Teruel · Spanish racing cyclist, born 1982

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.