MEANING & HISTORY
What does Eleazar mean?
Eleazar comes from Hebrew Elazar, combining El, God, and a root meaning to help. God has helped expresses the sentence-like structure of the personal name.
In the Bible an Eleazar is a son of Aaron, among other bearers. The help meaning belongs to the actual Hebrew components rather than an interpretation based on the person’s occupation. The name has been transmitted through biblical languages while preserving that clear theophoric formation.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Spanish
- /eleaˈθaɾ/
- [e.le.aˈθaɾ]
- /eleaˈsaɾ/
- [e.le.aˈsaɾ]
E · le · a · zar4 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ('El'azár, “God has helped”). Doublet of Lazarus.
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Wiktionary: Eleazar (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
a male given name
Wiktionary: Eleazar (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
4
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Eleazar in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Eleazar
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Eleanor♀English form of Occitan Alienòr
- Baltazar·Bel, protect the king
- Elena♀Form of Helen
- Eliana♀My God has answered in the Hebrew tradition
- Eliezer♂My God is help
- Eliza♀Short form of Elizabeth; God is my oath
- Balthazar♂Bel, protect the king
- Eladio·Of Greece; from Greek Helladios
What rhymes with Eleazar?
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Explore Eleazar further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Eleazar (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Eleazar (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Eleazar (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.