Given name · Ukrainian
Ілля
“My God is Yahweh”
Ілля (Illjá) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Ilya.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ілля goes back to Hebrew אליהו (Eliyahu), meaning “My God is Yahweh.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Ілля comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Ілля developed from אליהו. In Ukrainian usage, Ілля developed from Ἠλίας.
Ілля’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Ілля has a diminutive in Ілько́. In Ukrainian usage, Ілля developed from the Hebrew form אליהו. In Ukrainian usage, Ілля has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ilya.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ілля has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Ілля comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 23
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 Ілля
- Illia ZabarnyiUkrainian association football player (born 2002)
- Illia KovtunUkrainian gymnastborn 2003
- Illia KyvaUkrainian politician (1977–2023)
- Illya MarchenkoUkrainian tennis playerborn 1987
- Illia NyzhnykUkrainian chess grandmasterborn 1996
- Ilia KoshevoyBelarusian cyclistborn 1991
- Illia YemetsUkrainian doctor, cardiac surgeon, doctor of medical sciences, professor, honored doctor of Ukraine, member of the European Association of Congenital Heart Surgery.born 1956
- Ilya VlasenkoSoviet military personnel (1902–1963)
- Ilya ShinkevichBelarusian ice hockey playerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Ілля, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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