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God is salvation in the biblical Hebrew tradition; noble-character ancestry in the separate Alicia-related tradition.
The exact name entry separates biblical Hebrew Elisha from a feminine Alicia variant. Brown–Driver–Briggs glosses the Hebrew name God is salvation. Alicia is traced through Alice to Adalheid, with proposed reconstructed noble and character elements. The licensed Elisabeth-abbreviation description is not substituted for either documented route.
Separate Hebrew biblical and Alicia-related name traditions
The entry distinguishes a Hebrew-derived masculine biblical tradition from an Alicia-related feminine formation. Their ancestry and pronunciation are not collapsed into one universal name history.
/ɪˈlaɪʃə/; /əˈliːʃə/; /əˈlɪʃə/
The biblical masculine tradition uses ih-LY-shuh. The separately recorded Alicia-related feminine tradition has uh-LEE-shuh or uh-LISH-uh readings; the traditions are not merged.
Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Girls | 27 · preliminary | 1001 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Canada | 2025 | Boys | 11 · preliminary | 1804 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Girls | 10 (rounded to 5) | 2740 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Boys | 5 (rounded to 5) | 3772 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Girls | 25 | 1271 | Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Boys | 23 | 1226 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Northern Ireland | 2015 | Girls | 4 | 358 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2021 | Girls | 3 | 792 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2023 | Girls | 3 | 856 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2002 | Boys | 3 | 451 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 59 | 2859 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 322 | 788 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact name entry separates biblical Hebrew Elisha from a feminine Alicia variant. Brown–Driver–Briggs glosses the Hebrew name God is salvation. Alicia is traced through Alice to Adalheid, with proposed reconstructed noble and character elements. The licensed Elisabeth-abbreviation description is not substituted for either documented route.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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The exact Eli entry explicitly lists a clipping of this male given name. This short-form relationship is separate from independent biblical Eli; the fuller name’s meaning is not transferred. This concerns the male name, not the separate Alicia-related feminine tradition. Credit: Wiktionary contributors; adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The entry distinguishes a Hebrew-derived masculine biblical tradition from an Alicia-related feminine formation. Their ancestry and pronunciation are not collapsed into one universal name history.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The biblical masculine tradition uses ih-LY-shuh. The separately recorded Alicia-related feminine tradition has uh-LEE-shuh or uh-LISH-uh readings; the traditions are not merged.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The English Elisha entry records a female Alicia-variant tradition, separate from the biblical Hebrew male Elisha history. This relationship concerns that female variant route; the two Elisha traditions do not share one meaning or pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Elisha entry. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Elisha&oldid=93567489. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names qualified the documented relationship to its explicit naming tradition. No quotations, images or recordings reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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The English entry lists Yelisei as a related term under the Hebrew biblical naming route. This does not apply to the separate Alicia-related use of Elisha. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, Elisha entry. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Elisha&oldid=93295782. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed the explicitly documented relationship and separated it from pronunciation, nicknames and spelling variants; no source audio or images reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Supporting evidence for the stated name tradition. Reconstructed roots, disputed interpretations and language-specific readings are qualified in the explanation.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Supporting evidence for the stated name tradition. Reconstructed roots, disputed interpretations and language-specific readings are qualified in the explanation.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Supporting evidence for the stated name tradition. Reconstructed roots, disputed interpretations and language-specific readings are qualified in the explanation.
Original factual summary; Brown–Driver–Briggs credited. No open license asserted for the host website.
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Attribution: Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
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Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
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Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
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Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
