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

Elias Elias ( ; ) is the hellenized version for the name of Elijah (; ; , or ), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy books. Due to Elias' role in the scriptures and to many later associated tradit ...

Elijah Elijah ( ) or Elias was a prophet and miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BC), according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible. In 1 Kings 18, Elijah defended the worsh ...

, 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� ...

Given name

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

, (1890–1957), Lebanese poet *

Elia Barceló Elia Barceló or Elia Eisterer-Barceló (born 29 January 1957) was a Spanish academic in Austria and she then became a successful full-time writer. She writes in different genres and her work has been adapted to screen. Life Barceló was born in ...

(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 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 and horror cin ...

(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 (born 1973), Spanish actress * Elia Kaiyamo (born 1951), Namibian politician *

Elia Kazan Elias Kazantzoglou (, ; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003), known as Elia Kazan ( ), was a Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one of the most honored and inf ...

(1909–2003), American director and producer *

Elia Legati Elia Legati (born 3 January 1986) is an Italian former professional association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Club career Legati was signed by A.C. Milan, Milan from U.S. Fiorenzuola 1922, Fiore ...

(born 1986), Italian football player *

Elia Levita Elia Levita (13 February 146928 January 1549) (), also known as Elijah Levita, Elias Levita, Élie Lévita, Elia Levita Ashkenazi, Eliahu Levita, Eliyahu haBahur ("Elijah the Bachelor"), Elye Bokher, was a Renaissance Hebrew grammarian, schol ...

(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 4 November 1920, where he is regarded as a national hero. Biography His parents were Felice Liu ...

(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, Austrian Empire – 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 p ...

(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 (, 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 Turkish War. Life According to Venetian documents, his large ...

(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 Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professiona ...

(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 Fussball-Club Kickers, commonly known as Kickers Offenbach, is a German association footbal ...

(born 1989), German football player *

Elia Suleiman Elia Suleiman (, ; born 28 July 1960) is a Palestinian film director and actor. He is best known for the 2002 film ''Divine Intervention'' (), a modern tragicomedy on living under occupation in Palestine which won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cann ...

(born 1960), Palestinian director *

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

(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, Italy, Elia started her career as a model and made her television debut in 1989 in a minor role in the TV series '' The Betr ...

(born 1963), Italian actress *

Bruce Elia Bruce Louis Elia (born January 10, 1953) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football on both the offensive and defensive teams for the Ohio State ...

(born 1953), American football player *

Eljero Elia Eljero George Rinaldo Elia (born 13 February 1987) is a Dutch former professional Association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger. He turned professional at ADO Den Haag and then played for FC Twente, Twen ...

(born 1987), Dutch footballer *

Jon Elia Syed Hussain Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi, commonly known by his pen name Jaun Elia, (14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), was a Pakistani poet. One of the most prominent modern Urdu poets of (odes), popular for his unconventional ways, he "acquired k ...

(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 ...

(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 pe ...

(1925–2008), Italian politician * Meschak Elia (born 1997), Congolese footballer *

Sapphire Elia Sapphire Elia is an English actress, model and singer. On television, she is known for her roles in ITV musical drama ''Britannia High'' (2008) and soap opera ''Emmerdale'' (2010–2011). Early and personal life Elia is from North London. She i ...

(born 1987), British actress

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 (, ) is a village in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus, located southeast of Karavas. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a ''de facto' ...

, Cyprus *

Elia, Nicosia Elia (; post-1974 , pre-1974 ) is a village in Cyprus, located east of Lefka. ''De facto'', it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. References

Communities in Nicosia District Populated places in Lefke District {{NicosiaDistrict-geo ...

, Cyprus *Elia,

Mykonos Mykonos (, ; ) 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. At the 2021 census, there were 10,704 inhabitants, most of ...

, Greece * Elia (Nikiti), Sithonia, Greece *

Elia Island Elia Island () is an island in Guinea-Bissau. It is located on the right bank of the Cacheu River close to its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean. The island's western end lies east of the confluence with the Elia River with Ongueringao Island on the o ...

, river island in

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778. It borders Senegal to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, its north and Guinea to Guinea–Guinea-Bissau b ...

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

, 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 following acti ...