Baby name
STABLE
🇩🇪 🇲🇽 Elian
/eh · lee · AHN/
Meaning
“My God is Yahweh”
Spanish form of Elijah or a variant of Julian, from Latin Aelianus. Used in Latin America as a given name; became briefly famous through Elián González in 2000.
Nicknames
eli
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Latin American classic with a brief moment of global fame; ages solidly in Spanish-speaking cultures.
The cultural moment.
Common in Cuba, Mexico, and Venezuela; international spotlight in 2000 through the Elián González case.