Släkthistoria för Elisha
Elisha Vad efternamn betyder
Jewish (from the Ottoman Empire): from the personal name Elisha (1 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 2-4) the name of a Biblical prophet who was the disciple and successor of Elijah. English: variant of Ellershaw a habitational name from Ellershaw in Bentham (Yorkshire) on the border with Lancashire. Its spelling has been infleuenced by the Old Testament name Elisha. Welsh: from the personal name Elis(s)e dialectally Elis(s)a and Elisha also spelled Eliscia. The name was often further shortened to Elis. Compare Ellis.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
