Meaning, origin and history of the name Ilja

Gender Masculine

Scripts Илья(Russian)

Pronounced Pron. /ˈɪ.lja/(Czech) /ɪ.ˈlʲja/(Russian) [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Alternate transcription of Russian Илья (see Ilya), as well as the usual form in several other languages.

VariantsIlia, Ilya(Russian)

Other Languages & CulturesElias(Amharic) Ilyas(Arabic) Ilyes(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Ilia, Ilya(Belarusian) Elijah, Elias(Biblical) Elias, Eliou(Biblical Greek) 'Eliyyahu(Biblical Hebrew) Elias, Helias(Biblical Latin) Ilia, Ilija, Iliya(Bulgarian) Ilija(Croatian) Elias(Danish) Elias, Elian(Dutch) Elijah, Alijah, Elias(English) Eelis, Elias, Eljas(Finnish) Élie(French) Ilia(Georgian) Elias(German) Elias, Ilias(Greek) Elijah, Eliya, Eliyahu(Hebrew) Illés, Éliás(Hungarian) Elías(Icelandic) Elia(Italian) Ilija, Ile(Macedonian) Elis(Medieval English) Elias(Norwegian) Eliasz(Polish) Elias(Portuguese) Ilie(Romanian) Ilija(Serbian) Elías(Spanish) Elias, Elis, Lias(Swedish) İlyas(Turkish) Illya(Ukrainian)

User SubmissionsIľja, Ilja

Czechia: July 20

Slovakia: July 20 (as Iľja)