- Elon (name)
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footnotes =Elon (אֵילוֹן (Hebrew)), Alon (אַלוֹן (Hebrew)) or Ilan (אִילָן (Hebrew)) is a Jewish masculine name of Hebrew origin. The name means "tree" or "oak tree" in the Hebrew language. Elon is a rare male first name as it was not ranked for males of all ages in the
United States Census, 1990 . It is also used in many countries in a feminine sense, as the girl's name "Ilana". Moreover, the Jewish holiday of Tu B'Shvat, the "new year of the trees" is referred to in Hebrew as "Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot", where "Ilanot" is the feminine plural Hebrew word for tree.In the
Bible , "Elon" was a Judge of Israel. He followedIbzan and was succeeded by Abdon. It is said that he was from theTribe of Zebulun , led Israel for ten years, and was buried inAjalon inZebulon . (Judges 12:11)Elon has 5 variant forms (alphabetically): "Eilan", "Eilon", "Elan", "Ilan" and "Ilon".
Elon also has another meaning of African origin. It is a female name meaning, "God loves me." [Citation | last =Dominguez | first = Alex | title = Elon | newspaper = Associated Press | year = 2007 | date =
2007-10-31 | url = http://www.babynames.com/name/ELON];Elon:Elon may refer to a number of notable things:
*Elon Rood
*Elon Gold
*Elon J. Farnsworth
*Elon, North Carolina
*Elon University ;Ilan:
*Meir Bar-Ilan (born "Berlin < Ber")
**Bar-Ilan University
*Ilan Flaisher , seeFlash Brothers
*Ilan Halevi
*Ilan Halimi
*Ilan Hall
*Ilan Mitchell-Smith
*Ilan Pappé
*Ilan Ramon
*Ilan Halimi See also
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*Ilan ,Yilan (Taiwan)Footnotes
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