Cursive Names

Elijah in Cursive

The name Elijah in cursive: stroke-by-stroke animation, letter joins, a trace check, and a free printable worksheet.

Elijah starts with the capital E, which opens on a downward slide, and the whole word takes 3 strokes with 2 pencil lifts. Watch it drawn stroke by stroke below, trace it on the lines, and print the free Elijah worksheet when you're ready for pencil and paper.

Elijah written in cursive on handwriting guidelines, with a green starting dot and a red stop sign

How to write Elijah in cursive

  1. 1Keep the pencil down through E-l-i-j-a-h, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry.
  2. 2Last, return to dot the i and dot the j — always after the body of the word is done.
Strokes: 3Pencil lifts: 2Letters: 6

Keep i and a small — they live between the baseline and the midline. Let l and h climb toward the topline. j dips under the baseline before swinging back up. The capital E spans the full height from baseline to topline.

How the letters in Elijah connect

4 of Elijah's 5 joins leave the letter on an undercurve. The exception is j-a, where j ends on an overcurve that carries into the downcurve opening of a.

The letters in Elijah

Shaky on e, l, and i or any of the others? Open the letter's own guide below for its stroke order, joins, and practice sheet.

Trace Elijah in cursive

Trace it the way children do in the app: start on the green circle and pull it along every stroke without straying off the word.

Put your finger or mouse on the circle and pull it through the first stroke.

Free printable Elijah cursive worksheet

Take Elijah to pencil and paper — the free printable worksheet has dashed models to trace, green starting dots for guided writing, a model to copy, and open writing lines to finish.

Need a different name? Make your own name tracing worksheet — free, for any spelling.

Frequently asked questions

1. Keep the pencil down through E-l-i-j-a-h, letting each exit stroke become the next letter's entry. 2. Last, return to dot the i and dot the j — always after the body of the word is done.

Not quite: the body of Elijah flows in one continuous run, but it takes 3 strokes in all. The pencil lifts 2 times: to dot the i and j.

4 of Elijah's 5 joins leave the letter on an undercurve. The exception is j-a, where j ends on an overcurve that carries into the downcurve opening of a.

Keep i and a small — they live between the baseline and the midline. Let l and h climb toward the topline. j dips under the baseline before swinging back up. The capital E spans the full height from baseline to topline.

E is one of the connecting capitals, so Elijah flows from its first letter without a lift.

Practice writing Elijah with real feedback

Scribble teaches cursive this same way on iPad — watch, trace, write, and get feedback on shape, size, spacing, and slant.

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