Elhanan is a masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name The biblical Elhanan, son of Dodo, mentioned in 2 Samuel 23:24 and 1 Chronicles 11:26, one of King David's elite fighters known as The Thirty The biblical Elhanan, son of Jaare-oregim, mentioned in 2 Samuel 21:19 and 1 Chronicles 20:5 Elhanan Bicknell (1788–1861), British businessman, shipowner and art collector Elhanan Glazer (born 1947), Israeli politician Elhanan Helpman (born 1946), Israeli economist Elhanan ben Isaac of Dampierre (died 1184), French rabbi Elhanan Kalmanson (died 2023), part of Elhanan Team, two brothers and their nephew, who saved lives in the Palestinian October 7 attacks Elhanan Leib Lewinsky (1857–1910), Hebrew-language writer and Zionist leader, often credited with writing the first work of science fiction in Hebrew Elhanan Miller (born 1981), Israeli teacher, writer and rabbi Elhanan Rosenstein (1796–1869), German rabbi and writer Elhanan J. Searle (1835–1906), American judge, associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court Elhanan Tannenbaum (1946–2024), Israeli businessman captured and exchanged by Hezbollah Elhanan Winchester (1751–1797), American theologian
Surname
Rami Elhanan (born c.1950), Israeli peace activist
See also Chushiel or Ḥushiel ben Elḥanan, president of the beth midrash at Kairouan toward the end of the 10th century Shemariah ben Elhanan, head of the yeshivah of Cairo around the end of the 10th century