Baby name
Lias
/LEE · as/
Meaning
“My God is Yahweh”
Short form of Elias, from Hebrew Elijah meaning 'my God is Yahweh'; the clipped form is particularly common in German and Scandinavian naming.
How it ages.
Clean and modern; the abbreviated Elias works very well, ages beautifully.
The cultural moment.
Rising in Germany and Scandinavia since around 2014 as a minimalist alternative to Elias.