Elisha (given name)

Elisha is a given name of Hebrew origin.

Elisha

Elisha raising the Shunammite's son, early 1900s Bible Card illustration
Pronunciation	/ɪˈlaɪʃə/
Gender	Unisex
Language	English; Hebrew
Origin
Language	Hebrew
Meaning	"My God is salvation" or "God is my salvation"
Region of origin	Israel
Other names
Variant forms	Elishah Elesha
Short forms	Eli, Ellie
Related names	Elisa, Eliseus, Eliseu, Elizeu, Eliseo, Elisei, Yeghishe

Elisha is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible, the Quran, and Baha'i writings.

Other persons with the same given name include:

Actors

• Elisha Cook, Jr. (1903–1995), American actor
• Elisha Cuthbert (born 1982), Canadian actress
• Elisha Henig (born 2004), American actor
• Elisha Kriis, Indian-American actress and television personality

Businessmen

• Elisha S. Converse (1820–1904), American businessman
• Elisha Peck (1789–1851), American businessman
• Elisha Wiesel (born 1972), American chief information officer of Goldman Sachs; hedge fund manager of the Niche Plus; son of Elie Wiesel

Inventors

• Elisha Gray (1835–1901), American electrical engineer considered by some to be the true inventor of the telephone
• Elisha Otis (1811–1861), American industrialist, founder of the Otis Elevator Company, and inventor of an elevator safety device

Politicians and lawyers

• Elisha Hunt Allen (1804–1883), American congressman, lawyer and diplomat, and Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Hawaii Supreme Court and diplomat for the Kingdom of Hawaii
• Elisha W. Baily (1821–1904), American politician and physician from Pennsylvania
• Elisha Baxter (1827-1899), tenth Governor of Arkansas
• Elisha Cooke, Sr. (1637–1715), physician, politician, and businessman, elected Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Elisha Cooke, Jr. (1678-1737), physician and politician from the Province of Massachusetts Bay; son of the above
• Elisha Dyer (1811-1890), American politician and 25th Governor of Rhode Island
• Elisha Dyer, Jr. (1839–1906), American politician and 45th Governor of Rhode Island; son of the above
• Elisha P. Ferry (1825–1895), twice Governor of the Washington Territory and the first Governor of the State of Washington
• Elisha Harris (1791-1861), 20th Governor of Rhode Island
• Elisha Krauss (born 1986), American journalist, speaker, and radio talk host based in Los Angeles, California
• Elisha Lewis (died 1867), American politician
• Elisha Litchfield (1785-1859), American merchant and member of the US House of Representatives from New York
• Elisha Mathewson (1767–1853), US Senator from Rhode Island
• Elisha McCallion (born 1982), Irish female Sinn Féin politician
• Elisha Payne (1731-1807), American businessman and politician
• Elisha Marshall Pease (1812–1883), fifth and thirteenth Governor of Texas
• Elisha Reynolds Potter (1764–1835), Federalist Party US Congressman and Speaker in the Rhode Island State Assembly
• Elisha R. Potter (1811–1882), justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and member of the US House of Representatives; son of the above
• Elisha Williams (1694–1755), Congregational minister, legislator, jurist and rector of Yale College

Sportsmen

• Elisha King (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
• Eli Manning (born 1981), American former National Football League quarterback
• Elisha N'Dow (born 1996), English professional footballer
• Elisha Obed (1952–2018), Bahamian light middleweight boxer
• Elisha Sulola (born 2001), English professional footballer
• Elisha Scott (1893–1959), Irish association football goalkeeper
• Elisha Thomas (born 1981), American volleyball player
• Elisha Voren (born 1980), American taekwondo practitioner
• Elisha Williams (basketball) (born 1978), Canadian paralympic wheelchair basketball player

Other

• Elisha ben Abuyah (before 70–?), Jewish rabbi and religious authority
• Elisha (Nestorian patriarch), patriarch of the Church of the East from 524 to 537
• Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857), American explorer and medical officer
• Elisha Willis, English ballet dancer

See also

• Elishah, a person in the biblical book of Genesis
• Elisa (given name)