Meaning, origin and history of the name Ilia

Gender Masculine

Scripts ილია(Georgian) Илья(Russian) Илия(Bulgarian) Ілья(Belarusian) Илїа(Church Slavic)

Pronounced Pron. /i.li.ɑ/(Georgian) /ɪ.ˈlʲja/(Russian) [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Georgian form of Elijah. It is also an alternate transcription of Russian Илья or Belarusian Ілья (see Ilya) or Bulgarian Илия (see Iliya).

VariantsIlja, Ilya(Russian) Ilija, Iliya(Bulgarian) Ilya(Belarusian)

Feminine FormsIliana, Ilina, Iliyana(Bulgarian)

Other Languages & CulturesElias(Amharic) Ilyas(Arabic) Ilyes(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Elijah, Elias(Biblical) Elias, Eliou(Biblical Greek) 'Eliyyahu(Biblical Hebrew) Elias, Helias(Biblical Latin) Ilija(Croatian) Eliáš, Ilja(Czech) Elias(Danish) Elias, Elian(Dutch) Elijah, Alijah, Elias(English) Ilja(Estonian) Eelis, Elias, Eljas(Finnish) Élie(French) Elias(German) Elias, Ilias(Greek) Elijah, Eliya, Eliyahu(Hebrew) Illés, Éliás(Hungarian) Elías(Icelandic) Elia(Italian) Ilja, Elijas(Lithuanian) 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)

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