boy · russian and hebrew
Ilya
say it ee-lyah
What Ilya means
- Russian and Hebrew my God is Yahweh; Russian form of Elijah Hebrew Bible, Quran and New Testament: the prophet Elijah (Ilyas in the Quran); epic hero Ilya Muromets
How popular it is
Its use is rising over the last ten years.
- no. 634 in Sweden (2020)
- no. 809 in Austria (2020)
- no. 922 in Australia (2024)
- no. 1040 in Switzerland (2025)
- no. 1069 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
- no. 1216 in Denmark (2019)
- no. 2112 in France (2019)
In the United States it was most popular around 2020.
Other forms
Ilija, Illia, Eliasz
Names with a similar meaning
Gabriel Theo Jack Mateo Daniel Samuel Theodore Elias Elijah Michael Raphael Martin