Given name & surname
Ilyas
“Jehovah is my God”
Ilyas is a variant of Ilias. In Hebrew use, Ilias carries the interpretation “Jehovah is my God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ilyas is a variant of Ilias. In Hebrew use, Ilias carries the interpretation “Jehovah is my God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ilyas connects to the Elijah name family through Ilias. An origin associated with Elijah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Ilyas connects to the Elijah name family through Ilias. The history of Elijah gives this family its wider story. Elijah appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Ilyas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,196
- 2,196 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 200 babies
- 2025
- 200
- #1,075 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +35%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 200 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,075 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 34.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (32). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,755 as a first name in 2020; 1,021 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ilyas’s family of names
Ilyas has a related form in Ilias. In Bashkir usage, Ilyas is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Ильяс. In Uyghur usage, Ilyas is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ئىلياس.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Eliaequivalent
- Aliasequivalent
- Iliaequivalent
- Ilyaequivalent
- Illiaequivalent
- Ильяequivalent
- ഇൽയാസ്equivalent
- ইলিয়াসequivalent
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People named Ilyas
- Ilyas ZhansugurovKazakhstani poet (1894-1938)
- Ilyas ChairaMoroccan footballerborn 2001
- Ilyas ChouarefMoroccan and French association football playerborn 2000
- Ilyas BekbulatovRussian amateur wrestlerborn 1990
- Ilyas ibn Mudarancestor of Muhammad
- Ilyas AnsahGerman association football playerborn 2004
- Ilyas GhumanPakistani islamic scholarborn 1969
- Ilyas IsmayilovAzerbaijani prosecutor and politician1938–2025
- Ilyas El OmariMoroccan politicianborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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