Given name · cu

Илиꙗ

Илиꙗ (Ilija) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Old Church Slavonic.

cuWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Ilija.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Илиꙗ comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Ancient Greek Ἠλίας, from Hebrew אֱלִיָּה (ʾĕliyyā).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Илиꙗ’s family of names

Илиꙗ can be written in the Roman alphabet as ILIJA. Илиꙗ has a related form in Или. Илиꙗ has a related form in Илїа.

Walk Илиꙗ’s family in the name graph

ИлиꙗIlijaИлиИєлиѧЄллĭѧИлїаElijahἨλίας

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Илиꙗ, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hebrew

Ayil

Ayil is a surname from Hebrew.

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Hebrew · Biblical

Ashkenaz

“fire like sprinkles” · “so fire is scattered”

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>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Thamah

“wipe clean” · “strike”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Lamec

“to make small”

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>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Japhlet

“he will deliver”

No U.S. birth series

86% boys · 14% girls

Hebrew

Neemia

“consolation of Yahweh”

No U.S. birth series

77% boys · 23% girls

Hebrew · Biblical

Dumah

“(deadly) silence”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew

Ilìa

“Jah is my God”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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