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Elmon
How to Pronounce Elmon
Pronounced EL-muhn /ΛΙlmΙn/Medium
Meaning: Elmon is not well documented. It reads most plausibly as a variant of Elmo, the short form of names like Erasmus or the Germanic Guglielmo, or as a respelling in the Elman and Delmon cluster. A separate biblical place name Almon, 'hidden', shares the sound. With no single documented root, the origin stays uncertain.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Elmon is one of the small, hard-to-trace American boys' names of the early twentieth century. It looks like a variant of Elmo or a member of the Elman and Delmon group, and it brushes against the biblical place name Almon, 'hidden'. Without a documented source the honest reading is 'uncertain', which we note.
It was always scarce, borne by only a couple dozen boys a year around its high near 1922 and gone from the records within a few decades. Such thin El- names are typical of the long tail of American naming.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Elmon mean?
Its origin is uncertain; it most likely a variant of Elmo or a name in the Elman family, which we note.
How do you pronounce Elmon?
It's said EL-muhn /ΛΙlmΙn/, two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Elmon a boy or girl name?
Elmon is used as a boy's name.
Is Elmon a popular name?
No, it has always been very rare, one of the small, obscure boys' names of the early twentieth century.