Given name

Iľja

Iľja is a masculine given name from Russian. It is used in Slovak.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Iľja comes from Russian.

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How it developed

From Russian Илья́.

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Iľja’s family of names

In Slovak usage, Iľja has a diminutive in Iľjuško.

Walk Iľja’s family in the name graph

IľjaIļjaIľjuško

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

Spellings & scripts 1

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

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Russian

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Russian

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Russian

Iivo

“Ivan, John”

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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