Elon (אֵילוֹן in
Hebrew) is a masculine first name, or
Jewish surname, which means "oak tree" in the
Hebrew language. Variants of the name include Alon, Eilan, Eilon, and Elan; it can also be a variant spelling of
Ilan and Ilon (
Hebrew: אילן), of the similar meaning "tree".
The given name became more popular in the 2010s (from No. 3,310 in 2008 to No. 885 in 2018 for baby boys in the United States) due to the rise to fame of entrepreneur
Elon Musk, though he is not Jewish.[1][2]
Given name
Elon, father of
Basemath, wife of Esau in the Bible
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