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Ilya - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ilya

[ 2 syll. i-lya, il-ya ] The boy name Ilya is pronounced as IHLYah KEY. Ilya is largely used in Russian and Czech, and it is derived from Hebrew and English origins.

Ilya is a Russian variant form of the name Elijah (English).

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

Ilya is also a Czech and Russian variant form of the name Ellis (English and Welsh).

Ilya is an uncommon baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly related to Ilya, Elijah (English) was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Ilya include Ilja (Russian), Ilie (Romanian), Islay (Scottish), Eli (English, Hebrew, and Yiddish), Ely (English and Hebrew), Ilia (Russian), Ilio (English), Iolo (English), and Eelia (Russian).

KEY: English pronunciation for Ilya: IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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