Elea (given name)

Elea or Éléa in French, is a feminine first name. It is a diminutive of Eleanor or its variants. In French, other frequent spelling variants are Ellea, Elhéa, and Eleah.

In Eastern European Orthodox and Islamic contexts may be a shorten masculine variant for the name Elijah. In Italian, Georgian and occasionally Greek, it may serve as a diminutive to the masculine Elia steming from the same root as the Hebrew Elijah or Eliyahu meaning "My God is Yahweh" or "God has answered". Elea is a socially recognised male name is some parts of Brazil.

People named Éléa

• Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec, French animator and director
• Elea-Mariama Diarra, French athlete, specialist in the 400 meters.

Fiction

• Éléa is the name of the heroine of the 1968 science fiction novel, La nuit des temps by René Barjavel.

Popularity

In 2022, more than 14,800 girls were named Éléa in France.

Locations

• Elea, a village in Greece
• Elea (Ελέα in ancient Greek), city ruins in Italy