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Ilija - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ilija

[ syll. i-li-ja, il-ija ] The boy name Ilija is pronounced as IHLIYJHah KEY. Ilija is used mostly in the Slavic language and it is of Hebrew origin.

Ilija is a variant form (Slavic) of the English name Elijah.

Ilija is also a variant form (Slavic) of the English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Czech, Dutch, Spanish, and Yiddish name Elias.

Ilija is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. In 2008, out of the group of boy names directly linked to Ilija, the English Elijah was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Ilija include the Greek Ilias, the Russian Eelusha, the English Elijah, the Arabic Ilyas, and the Finnish Eelis.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Ilija: IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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