Gender Masculine
Scripts Илија(Macedonian, Serbian) Илия(Bulgarian)

Meaning & History

Macedonian, Serbian and Croatian form of Elijah, and an alternate transcription of Bulgarian Илия (see Iliya).

Related Names

Rootsʾel + Yahweh
VariantsIlia, Iliya(Bulgarian)
DiminutiveIle(Macedonian)
Feminine FormsIlina, Ilinka(Macedonian) Ilinka(Serbian) Ilinka(Croatian) Iliana, Ilina, Iliyana(Bulgarian)
Other Languages & CulturesElias(Amharic) Ilyas(Arabic) Ilyes(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Ilyas(Bashkir) Ilia, Ilya(Belarusian) Elijah, Elias(Biblical) Elias, Eliou(Biblical Greek) 'Eliyyahu(Biblical Hebrew) Elias, Helias(Biblical Latin) Ilyas(Chechen) Eliáš, Ilja(Czech) Elias(Danish) Elias, Elian(Dutch) Elijah, Alijah, Elias(English) Ilja(Estonian) Eelis, Elias, Eljas(Finnish) Élie(French) Ilia(Georgian) Elias(German) Elias, Ilias(Greek) Elijah, Eliya, Eliyahu(Hebrew) Illés, Éliás(Hungarian) Elías(Icelandic) Ilyas(Indonesian) Elia(Italian) Ilyas(Kazakh) Ilja, Elijas(Lithuanian) Elis(Medieval English) Elias(Norwegian) Eliasz(Polish) Elias(Portuguese) Ilie(Romanian) Ilia, Ilja, Ilya(Russian) Elías(Spanish) Elias, Elis, Lias(Swedish) Ilyas(Tatar) İlyas(Turkish) Illya(Ukrainian) Ilyas(Urdu)
Surname DescendantsIlić(Croatian) Iliev, Ilieva(Macedonian) Ilić(Serbian)

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Name Days

Croatia: April 17
Croatia: July 20

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Entry updated January 22, 2019