Meaning: From Hebrew El Roi — 'the God who sees (me)' — Hagar's desert name for GodMedium
In 30 seconds: Seen in the wilderness: Elroi is Hagar's own name for God — 'the One who sees me' — spoken by a runaway at a desert spring. Witness, made name.
Elroi comes from Genesis — El Roi, 'the God who sees me', Hagar's cry at the spring. As a given name it carries being witnessed; The Jetsons' Elroy hums nearby.
In the U.S. it appears in devout families. Rare, God-sees-me at the root, and witnessed.
Did you know? Hagar, fleeing into the desert, named God El Roi — the only person in Genesis to name God directly — and her well was called 'the Living One who sees me'.
