Elon is a Hebrew name meaning "oak tree" or "terebinth", borne in the Bible by a judge of Israel and by a son of Zebulun; it is a common name in Israel. In the United States it is now inseparable from the entrepreneur Elon Musk, whose fame pushed it into the top 1000 in 2018 at its peak of number 943. Since then Elon has drifted down again to number 1780 among boys' names in 2025.