Elia is a name which may be a variant of the names

Elias Elias is the Greek equivalent of Elijah ( he, אֵלִיָּהוּ‎ ''ʾĒlīyyāhū''; Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ ''Eliyā''; Arabic: الیاس Ilyās/Elyās), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy ...

Elijah Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) was, according to the Books of ...

, Eli or Eliahu, and may refer to:

People

Aelia (gens) The gens Aelia, occasionally written Ailia, was a plebeian family in Rome, which flourished from the fifth century BC until at least the third century AD, a period of nearly eight hundred years. The archaic spelling ''Ailia'' is found on coins, b ...

or Elia, a ''gens'' of Ancient Rome

Mononymic

* Elia or

, a biblical prophet * Elia, a pen-name of

Charles Lamb Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his ''Essays of Elia'' and for the children's book ''Tales from Shakespeare'', co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–18 ...

First name

Elia Abu Madi Elia Abu Madi (also known as Elia D. Madey; ar, إيليا أبو ماضي 'Lebanese Arabic Transliteration: , .) (May 15, 1890 – November 23, 1957) was a Lebanese-born American poet. Early life Abu Madi was born in the village of Al- ...

, (1890–1957), Lebanese poet *

Elia Barceló Elia Barceló or Elia Eisterer-Barceló (born 29 January 1957) is a Spanish academic and author who lives in Austria. Life Barceló was born in Elda in 1957. She became an academic and earned her doctorate in Innsbruck, Austria in 1995. She rema ...

(born 1957), Spanish writer *

Elia Goode Byington Elia Goode Byington (, Goode; March 24, 1856/58 – February 3, 1936) was an American journalist. With her husband, she was joint proprietor, editor, and manager of the Columbus ''Evening Ledger''. Byington served as President of the Georgia Women ...

(1858–1936), American journalist *

Elia Cmíral Elia David Cmíral (; born October 1, 1950) is a Czechs, Czech composer for film, television, ballet, and video games. He has worked on numerous projects across multiple genres, though he is arguably best known for his work in the Thriller film, thr ...

(born 1950), Czech film composer *

Elia Dalla Costa Elia Dalla Costa (14 May 1872 – 22 December 1961) was an Italian people, Italian Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic prelate and Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal who served as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence, Archbishop of ...

(1872–1961), Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Florence *

Elia del Medigo Elia del Medigo, also called Elijah Delmedigo or Elias ben Moise del Medigo and sometimes known to his contemporaries as Helias Hebreus Cretensis or in Hebrew Elijah Mi-Qandia (c. 1458 – c. 1493). According to Jacob Joshua Ross, "whil ...

(1458–1493), Greek rabbi *

Elia Favilli Elia Favilli (born 31 January 1989) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2016. Born in Cecina, Tuscany, Favilli was also a member of the Arianna Rimor and AGI Neri Lucchini Sprint teams ...

(born 1989), Italian cyclist *

Elia Frosio Elia Frosio (22 January 1913 – 4 February 2005) was a professional cyclist from Italy. He started his career in the 1930s as a road racer. After World War II, he changed to motor-paced racing and won every national championship between 1946 and ...

(1913–2005), Italian cyclist *

Elia Galera Elia Galera (born March 19, 1973) is a Spanish actress and television presenter. She has worked with famous directors such as Agustín Díaz Yanes and Carlos Saura, sharing the stage with Alberto San Juan, Robert Alvarez, Victoria Abril, Penél ...

(born 1973), Spanish actress *

Elia Kaiyamo Elia George Kaiyamo (born 10 January 1951) is a Namibian politician. A member of SWAPO, Kaiyamo was an internal organizer and teacher for SWAPO prior to independence. He served in the Cabinet of Namibia as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Im ...

(born 1951), Namibian politician *

Elia Kazan Elia Kazan (; born Elias Kazantzoglou ( el, Ηλίας Καζαντζόγλου); September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one o ...

(1909–2003), American director and producer * Elia Legati (born 1986), Italian football player *

Elia Levita Elia Levita (13 February 146928 January 1549) ( he, אליהו בן אשר הלוי אשכנזי), also known as Elijah Levita, Elias Levita, Élie Lévita, Elia Levita Ashkenazi, Eliahu Levita, Eliyahu haBahur ("Elijah the Bachelor"), Elye Bok ...

(1469–1549), German Hebrew scholar *

Elia Liut Elia Antonio Liut (Fiume Veneto, March 6, 1894 - Quito, May 12, 1952) was an Italian aviator who was the first to fly across the Andes of Ecuador on the 4th of November of 1920, where he is regarded as a national hero. Biography His parents wer ...

(1894–1952), Italian aviator *

Elia Luini Elia Luini (born 23 June 1979) is an Italian rower. A four-time world champion, once in the lightweight quadruple sculls and three times in the lightweight double sculls, he has also competed at four Olympic Games (2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012), wi ...

(born 1979), Italian rower *

Elia Millosevich Elia Filippo Francesco Giuseppe Maria Millosevich (5 September 1848 in Venice – 5 December 1919 in Rome) was an Italian astronomer.br>boka - 0.indd/ref> He specialized in calculating the orbits of comets and asteroids, in particular 433 Ero ...

(1848–1919), Italian astronomer *

Elia W. Peattie Elia Wilkinson Peattie (January 15, 1862 – July 12, 1935) was an American author, journalist and critic. Biography Elia Wilkinson was the daughter of Frederick and Amanda (Cahill) Wilkinson. She was born on January 15, 1862, in Kalamazoo, Mich ...

(1862–1935), American journalist *

Elia Peraizza Ilija Peraica ( it, Elia Peraizza, sr-cyr, Илија Пераица; d. 1685), was a Venetian Dalmatian ''harambaša'' (bandit leader), with the title of ''serdar'', one of the commanders of the Morlach troops that participated in the Great Turki ...

(died 1685), Venetian military leader *

Elia Ravelomanantsoa Elia Ravelomanantsoa (born 1960) is a Malagasy politician and the director of Synergy-FCB. Born in Antananarivo, Ravelomanantsoa set herself up in business at the age of seventeen. She founded the Manja festival of fashion in 1986. From 1990 u ...

(born 1960), Malagasy politician *

Elia Rigotto Elia Rigotto (born 4 March 1982 in Vicenza) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. During his career, he rode with Domina Vacanze, Team Milram and Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli. Major results ;2003 : 1st St ...

(born 1982), Italian cyclist *

Elia Soriano Elia Soriano (born 26 June 1989) is an Italian-German professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for Kickers Offenbach Offenbacher Kickers, also known as Kickers Offenbach, is a German association football club in Offenbac ...

(born 1989), German football player *

Elia Suleiman Elia Suleiman ( ar, إيليا سليمان, ; born 28 July 1960) is a Palestinian film director and actor of Rûm Greek Orthodox origin. He is best known for the 2002 film ''Divine Intervention'' ( ar, يد إلهية), a modern tragic comedy on ...

(born 1960), Palestinian director *

Elia Viviani Elia Viviani (born 7 February 1989) is an Italian professional Cycle sport, cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . On 10 May 2015, Viviani won his first Grand Tour stage victory at the 2015 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia, winning stage 2 ...

(born 1989), Italian cyclist *

Elia Zenghelis Elia Zenghelis (Born 1937, Athens, Greece) is a Greek architect and teacher. He studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, completing his studies in 1961. From 1961 to 1971 he worked for architects Dougla ...

(born 1937), Greek architect

Surname

Alessandro Elia Alessandro Elia (born 15 February 1990) is an Italian footballer. Career Parma Elia began his career on youth side for Parma F.C. and won with the team the Cup of the Alps, an international Youth Tournament and was named as MVP of the Tournam ...

(born 1990), Italian footballer *

Antonella Elia Antonella Elia (born 1 November 1963) is an Italian television personality and actress. Life and career Born in Turin, Elia started her career as a model and made her television debut in 1989 in a minor role in the TV-series '' The Betrothed' ...

(born 1963), Italian actress *

Bruce Elia Bruce Louis Elia (born January 10, 1953) is a former college and professional American football player. In college, Elia played on both the offensive and defensive teams for The Ohio State Buckeyes. Professionally, he was a linebacker, primar ...

(born 1953), American football player *

Eljero Elia Eljero George Rinaldo Elia (born 13 February 1987) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger. He turned professional at ADO Den Haag and then played for Twente before moving abroad to represent Hamburger SV, Juventus and Werder ...

(born 1987), Dutch footballer *

Jon Elia Syed Hussain Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi, commonly known as Jaun Elia ( ur, , 14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), was an Indo-Pakistani poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. One of the most prominent modern Urdu poets, popular for his unconve ...

(1931–2002), Pakistani poet *

Lee Elia Lee Constantine Elia (born July 16, 1937) is an American former professional baseball infielder, who played only sparingly in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox () and Chicago Cubs (). Following his playing career, he managed t ...

(born 1937), American baseball player and coach *

Leopoldo Elia Leopoldo Elia (4 November 1925 – 5 October 2008) was an Italian politician. Biography Leopoldo Elia was born in Fano, Marche, in 1925. His father was Raffaele Elia, the secretary of the Italian People's Party in Fano in the first post-war p ...

(1925–2008), Italian politician *

Meschak Elia Meschak Elia (born 6 August 1997) is a Congolese professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Swiss Super League club BSC Young Boys, Young Boys and the DR Congo national football team, ...

(born 1997), Congolese footballer *

Sapphire Elia Sapphire Chrystalla Elia (born 15 April 1987) is an English actress, model and singer best known for her roles in musical drama ''Britannia High'' and the soap opera ''Emmerdale''. Early and personal life Sapphire Chrystalla Elia was born on 15 ...

(born 1987), British actres *

Maria Elia Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

(born 1968), British chef

Places

*Elia, a historical and alternative name for the

Jane and Finch Jane and Finch is a neighbourhood located in the northwest end of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the district of North York. Centred at the intersection of Jane Street and Finch Avenue West, the area is roughly bounded by Highway 400 to the west, ...

neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada *

Elia, Kyrenia Elia ( gr, Ελιά, tr, Yeşiltepe) is a village in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus, located southeast of Karavas. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. References

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, Cyprus *

Elia, Nicosia Elia ( el, Ελιά; post-1974 tr, Doğancı, pre-1974 tr, Elye) is a village in Cyprus, located east of Lefka. ''De facto'', it is under the control of Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republi ...

, Cyprus *Elia,

Mykonos Mykonos (, ; el, Μύκονος ) is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island has an area of and rises to an elevation of at its highest point. There are 10,134 inhabitants according to the ...

, Greece

Other uses

European League of Institutes of the Arts ELIA (formerly known as The European League of Institutes of the Arts) represents some 300.000 students in all art disciplines. History ELIA emerged from a conference organized in Amsterdam in 1990, ''Imagination and Diversity'', aimed to pro ...

(ELIA), an organization of art schools *

Elia (sculpture) Elia is a sculpture created by Ingvar Cronhammar (1947–2021) in Herning, Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subd ...

, a prominent public artwork in Denmark *

Elia System Operator Elia is a Belgian transmission system operator for high-voltage electricity (30,000–380,000 volts), located in Brussels, Belgium. It operates in Belgium and Germany. The company transmits electricity from generators to distribution system operat ...

, an electric power transmission system operator of Belgium *

Olive Tree (Greece) The Olive Tree ( el, Ελιά, ''Elia''), full name Olive Tree – Democratic Alignment (Ελιά – Δημοκρατική Παράταξη) was a centre-left electoral alliance. The alliance included the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) ...

, a political movement *European Language Industry Association (ELIA); see

language industry The language industry is the sector of activity dedicated to facilitating multilingual communication, both oral and written. According to the European Commission's Directorate-General of Translation, the language industry comprises the activitie ...