Given name · also Latin
Ilìa
“Jah is my God”
Ilìa is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Sicilian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ilìa goes back to Hebrew אֵלִיָּה (ēliyā́), meaning “Jah is my God.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Ilìa comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Sicilian usage, Ilìa developed from Ἠλίας.
Ilìa’s family of names
In Sicilian usage, Ilìa developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἠλίας. In Sicilian usage, Ilìa has a conventional equivalent in the English form Elijah. In Sicilian usage, Ilìa has a related form in Lìa.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ilìa has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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 Ilìa, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Igdaliah
“great is Yah” · “Yah makes great”
>99% boys
Izrahiah
“Yah will rise” · “dawn of Yah”
>99% boys
Aphiah
“exhaling” · “blowing”
>99% boys
Iphdeiah
“Yah will upgrade” · “he will upgrade to the standard of Yah”
>99% boys
Ithra
“excellence” · “abundance”
>99% boys
Ishpah
“jasper” · “guiding fire at the edge”
>99% boys
Ishma
“desolate” · “desolation”
89% boys · 11% girls
Amasiah
“Yah bears” · “carried by Yah”
>99% boys