Elon (אֵילוֹן in Hebrew) is a masculine first name, or Jewish surname, which means "oak tree" in the Hebrew language. Variants of the name include Alon, Eilan, Eilon, and Elan; it can also be a variant spelling of Ilan and Ilon (), of the similar meaning "tree". The given name became more popular in the 2010s (from #3,310 in 2008 to No. 885 in 2018 for baby boys in the United States) due to the rise to fame of entrepreneur Elon Musk, though he is not Jewish. Given name Elon (Judges), biblical leader of the Israelites in the Book of Judges Elon R. Brown (1857–1922), American politician Elon Howard Eaton (1866–1934), American ornithologist Elon J. Farnsworth (1837–1863), American general Elon Farnsworth (1799–1877), American lawyer and politician Elon Galusha (1790–1856), American preacher Elon Ganor (born 1950), Israeli businessman Elon Gasper (born 1951), American computer scientist Elon Gold (born 1970), American comedian and actor Elon Hogsett (1903–2001), American baseball player Elon Huntington Hooker (1869–1938), American businessman Elon Jones (born 1960), Barbadian cricketer Elon Lages Lima (1929–2017), Brazilian mathematician Elon Lindenstrauss (born 1970), Israeli mathematician Elon Musk (born 1971), business magnate Elon James White (born 1978), American journalist Eilon Solan (born 1969), Israeli mathematician and sci-fi writer Eilona Ariel (born 1958), Israeli filmmaker Surname Amos Elon (1926–2009), Israeli writer Ari Elon (born 1950), Israeli writer Binyamin Elon (1954–2017), Israeli politician Danae Elon (born 1970), Israeli documentary filmmaker Emuna Elon (born 1955), Israeli writer Menachem Elon (1923–2013), Israeli judge Mordechai Elon (born 1959), Israeli rabbi Ori Elon (born 1981), Israeli writer Naomi Eilan, British philosopher Ya'akov Eilon (born 1961), Israeli television presenter and journalist Characters Elon Muskox, a mosaiculture horticultural living sculpture at City Hall in Yellowknife, NWT, Canada See also Alon (name) Ilan (name) References Hebrew-language given names Hebrew-language surnames Modern names of Hebrew origin Hebrew masculine given names English masculine given names