Eliam

A Biblical name newly rediscovered, Eliam appears in the Hebrew scriptures as the father of Bathsheba and as one of David's mighty warriors, meaning God of the people or my God is kinsman. The name lay mostly dormant for centuries before entering the U.S. top 1000 in 2014, carried upward by the same parental impulse that has lifted Josiah, Ezra, and Nehemiah out of dusty concordances. Two clear syllables, the L bright at the center. Eliam reads spiritual and substantial without feeling archaic, the kind of Old Testament name that still sounds like it belongs to a kid with muddy sneakers and opinions about dinosaurs.