Where the spelling 일라이자 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 일라이자 for Elijah.
People in the list with this given name:
- 위닝턴, 일라이자 — Elijah Winnington
- 엘리엇, 이지키얼 (일라이자) — Elliott, Ezekiel (Elijah)
- 커밍스, 일라이자 (유진) — Cummings, Elijah (Eugene)
…and 1 more in the list.
Sound by sound
E일li라이jah자
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
- The official list spells Elijah as 일라이자, although the general rule gives 엘라이자.
What Elijah means
Elijah by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 26, 320,509 babies (0.3% girls, 99.7% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 일라이자: 4.
Korean names for Elijah
These are the converter’s results for Elijah as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
박이담Park IdamUsed for boys and girls · 57% sound match
박이도Park IdoBoy’s name · 54% sound match
박이안Park IanBoy’s name · 53% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 박, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics