Given name
Ilja
“Jehovah is my God”
In German use, Ilja is a variant of Elias. In Hebrew use, Elias carries the interpretation “Jehovah is my God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Ilja is a variant of Elias. In Hebrew use, Elias carries the interpretation “Jehovah is my God.”
Explained through its name family
Ilja’s family of names
In German usage, Ilja has a related form in Elias. In Danish usage, Ilja has a conventional equivalent in the German form Elias. In German usage, Ilja has a related form in ILIJA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Elijahequivalent
- Iliaequivalent
- Ilyaequivalent
- Ijaequivalent
- Ilieequivalent
- Eliaszequivalent
- Illiaequivalent
- Illésequivalent
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People named Ilja
- Ilya SutskeverCanadian-Israeli AI researcherborn 1986
- Ilja AntonovEstonian association football player (born 1992)
- Ilya Shkurinassociation football playerborn 1999
- Ilja DragunovRussian professional wrestlerborn 1993
- Ilja HurníkCzech playwright, music educator, composer, pianist, writer and university educator (1922-2013)
- Ilja RichterGerman actor and television presenter (born 1952)
- Ilja Leonard PfeijfferDutch writer (born 1968)
- Ilya TraubergSoviet film director (1905–1948)
- Ilja ZeljenkaSlovak composer and music educator (1932-2007)
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