Elia

Elia is a name which may be a variant of the names Elias, Elijah, Eli or Eliahu, and may refer to:

Mononymic

• Elia or Elijah, a biblical prophet
• Elia, a pen-name of Charles Lamb

First name

• Elia Abu Madi, (1890–1957), Lebanese poet
• Elia Barceló (born 1957), Spanish writer
• Elia Goode Byington (1858–1936), American journalist
• Elia Cmíral (born 1950), Czech film composer
• Elia Dalla Costa (1872–1961), Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Florence
• Elia del Medigo (1458–1493), Greek rabbi
• Elia Favilli (born 1989), Italian cyclist
• Elia Frosio (1913–2005), Italian cyclist
• Elia Galera (born 1973), Spanish actress
• Elia Kaiyamo (born 1951), Namibian politician
• Elia Kazan (1909–2003), American director and producer
• Elia Legati (born 1986), Italian football player
• Elia Levita (1469–1549), German Hebrew scholar
• Elia Liut (1894–1952), Italian aviator
• Elia Luini (born 1979), Italian rower
• Elia Millosevich (1848–1919), Italian astronomer
• Elia W. Peattie (1862–1935), American journalist
• Elia Peraizza (died 1685), Venetian military leader
• Elia Ravelomanantsoa (born 1960), Malagasy politician
• Elia Rigotto (born 1982), Italian cyclist
• Elia Soriano (born 1989), German football player
• Elia Suleiman (born 1960), Palestinian director
• Elia Viviani (born 1989), Italian cyclist
• Elia Zenghelis (born 1937), Greek architect

Surname

• Alessandro Elia (born 1990), Italian footballer
• Antonella Elia (born 1963), Italian actress
• Bruce Elia (born 1953), American football player
• Eljero Elia (born 1987), Dutch footballer
• Jon Elia (1931–2002), Pakistani poet
• Lee Elia (born 1937), American baseball player and coach
• Leopoldo Elia (1925–2008), Italian politician
• Meschak Elia (born 1997), Congolese footballer
• Sapphire Elia (born 1987), British actres
• Maria Elia (born 1968), British chef

Other uses

• European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA), an organization of art schools
• Elia (sculpture), a prominent public artwork in Denmark
• Elia System Operator, an electric power transmission system operator of Belgium
• Olive Tree (Greece), a political movement
• European Language Industry Association (ELIA); see language industry
• Elia (gastropod), a genus of gastropods in the family Clausiliidae

See also

• Eli, name
• Elie (disambiguation)
• Elijah (prophet)
  • Elias, the Greek equivalent of Elijah
• Elis or Ilia, a historic region of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece
• Essays of Elia, a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb
• Ilia (disambiguation)
• Ilya (disambiguation)