Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, Ilija, or Illia ( , or ; ; ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/Jah." It comes from the Byzantine Greek pronunciation of the vocative (Ilía) of the Greek Elias (Ηλίας, Ilías). It is pronounced with stress on the second syllable. The diminutive form is Iliusha or '''Iliushen'ka. The Russian patronymic for a son of Ilya is "Ilyich", and a daughter is "Ilyinichna'''".
Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, Ilija, or Illia ( , or ; ; ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/Jah." It comes from the Byzantine Greek pronunciation of the vocative (Ilía) of the Greek Elias (Ηλίας, Ilías). It is pronounced with stress on the second syllable. The diminutive form is Iliusha or '''Iliushen'ka. The Russian patronymic for a son of Ilya is "Ilyich", and a daughter is "Ilyinichna'".
==People with the name== ===Real people=== Ilya (Archbishop of Novgorod), 12th-century Russian Orthodox cleric and saint Ilya Ivanovitch Alekseyev (1772–1830), commander of the Russian Imperial Army Ilya Borok (born 1993), Russian jiujitsu fighter Ilya Bryzgalov (born 1980), Russian ice hockey goalie Ilya Dzhirkvelov (1927–2006), author and KGB defector Ilya Ehrenburg (1891–1967), Russian writer and Soviet cultural ambassador Ilya Frank (1908–1990), Russian physicist Ilya Glazunov (1930–2017), Russian painter Ilya Gringolts (born 1982), violinist Ilya Grubert (born 1954), violinist Ilya Ilf (1897–1937), Russian author of Twelve Chairs and the Golden Calf Ilya Ilyin (born 1988), Kazakhstani Olympic weightlifter Ilya Ivashka (born 1994), Belarusian tennis player Ilya Kabakov (1933–2023), Russian-American conceptual artist of Jewish origin Ilya Kaler (born 1963), violinist Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977), Ukrainian-American-Jewish poet Ilya Kharun (born 2005), Canadian swimmer Ilya Kovalchuk (born 1983), Russian ice hockey winger in the KHL, formerly for the Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, L.A. Kings and Washington Capitals of the NHL Ilya Kulik (born 1977) Russian figure skater Ilya Kuvshinov (born 1990), Russian animator Ilya Lagutenko (born 1968), lead singer of the Russian rock band Mumiy Troll Ilya Lobanov (born 1996), Kazakhstani ice hockey player Ilia Malinin U.S. Olympic figure skater, (2024 & 2025 world champion) Ilya Espino de Marotta, Marine engineer and leader of the Panama Canal Expansion Project Ilya Mechnikov (1845–1916), Russian Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist Ilya Mizernykh (born 2007), Kazakhstani ski jumper Ilya Oberyshyn (1921-2007), Ukrainian insurgent Ilya Osipov (born 2005), nicknamed "m0NESY", Russian professional Counter-Strike 2 player for Team Falcons Ilya Petrov (born 1995), Russian footballer Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro (1929–2009), Russian-Jewish-Israeli mathematician Ilya Prigogine (1917–2003), physical chemist and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Ilya Prusikin (born 1985), Russian musician, singer, record producer, vlogger, video director and screenwriter Ilya Repin (1844–1930), Russian painter Ilya Salkind (born 1947), movie producer Ilya Salmanzadeh (born 1986), Persian-Swedish music producer Ilya Samsonov (born 1997), a Russian goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs, formerly Washington Capitals Ilya Serov (born 1986), Russian-American trumpeter and singer Ilya Sorokin (born 1995), a Russian goaltender for the New York Islanders Ilya Strebulaev, Russian-American financial economist Ilya Sutskever, computer scientist, co-founder and former chief scientist of OpenAI Ilya Tsipursky (1934–2022), Soviet judoka and sambist Ilya Ulyanov (1831–1886), father of Soviet revolutionary Vladimir Lenin Ilya Yashin (born 1983), Russian political figure Ilya Zhitomirskiy (1989–2011), Russian-American founder of Diaspora
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