Iliya - Meaning of Iliya

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Iliya

[ 2 syll. i-li-ya, il-iya ] The baby boy name Iliya is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is IY-LYaa †. Iliya is used chiefly in the Russian and Slavic languages, and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Iliya is a variant of the name Elijah (English and Hebrew).

See also the related categories, slavic, hebrew, and russian.

Iliya is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Iliya, Elijah was the most popular in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Iliya include Ilia, Ilya, Ilie, Ilija, Illya, Iloe, Ilow, Ilowe, Elay, Eli, Eloy, Elu, Elwell, Ely, Ewould, Iejiel, Ilio, Elia, Elihu, and Elois.

† English pronunciation for Iliya: IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"