Eliseo
Meaning
“Spanish/Italian form of Elisha, 'God is salvation'”
The story
Eliseo is the Spanish and Italian form of Elisha, the biblical name traditionally understood as God is salvation. Its best story begins when Naaman, a powerful commander with a skin disease, arrives expecting a grand cure. Elisha does not even come out to perform one. A messenger tells Naaman to wash seven times in the Jordan. Insulted by the simplicity of it, Naaman turns away until his servants persuade him to try. He returns healed. The episode is scripture, not medical advice or ordinary biography, and its force lies in the reversal: rank, gifts, and spectacle accomplish nothing, while a plain instruction that wounds the commander's pride becomes the turning point. Eliseo carries that old name into Spanish and Italian without requiring a family to share the story's faith. The association remains vivid because the miracle is staged less as magic than as a contest between expectation and humility.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Eliseo peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
602 people · the #11,765 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 333,333 · median age 51
Among people named Eliseo living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Eliseo
Most people given the name Eliseo in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Eliseo deep dive
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