Baby name
FADING
🇧🇷 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 Elson
/EL · sun/
Meaning
“My God is Yahweh”
English surname-turned-given name meaning son of Ellis, itself a medieval form of Elijah, meaning my God is Yahweh.
Nicknames
el
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Quietly distinctive without being showy; ages steadily without going stale.
The cultural moment.
Modest use in English-speaking countries through the 20th century, still rare but stable in the UK.