Given name · Russian
Илья
“my God is Yahweh”
Илья (Ilʹjá) is a masculine given name. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Ilyusha.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Илья goes back to Hebrew אֵלִיָּהוּ, meaning “my God is Yahweh.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Илья’s family of names
In French usage, Илья has a diminutive in ILIOUCHA. In Russian usage, Илья has a conventional equivalent in the German form Elias. In Russian usage, Илья has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form ELIASZ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Илья has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
10 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Илья
- Ilya RepinRussian-empire painter of Ukrainian birth (1844-1930)
- Élie MetchnikoffRussian-French immunologist, embryologist, biologist1845–1916
- Ilya PrigogineRussian-Belgian physical chemist (1917–2003)
- Ilya FrankSoviet physicist1908–1990
- Ilya EhrenburgSoviet writer, Bolshevik revolutionary, journalist and historian (1891–1967)
- Ilya IlfSoviet writer and journalist (1897–1937)
- Ilya KutepovRussian footballerborn 1993
- Ilya YashinRussian activist and liberal politicianborn 1983
- Ilya GlazunovRussian artist (1930-2017)
Characters named Илья: Illya Kuryakin (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Ayil
Ayil is a surname from Hebrew.
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Ashkenaz
“fire like sprinkles” · “so fire is scattered”
>99% boys
Thamah
“wipe clean” · “strike”
>99% boys
Lamec
“to make small”
>99% boys
Japhlet
“he will deliver”
86% boys · 14% girls
Neemia
“consolation of Yahweh”
77% boys · 23% girls
Dumah
“(deadly) silence”
>99% boys
Ilìa
“Jah is my God”
>99% boys