Iļja

See also: Ilja and Iľja

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. From Russian Илья́ (Ilʹjá).

Proper noun

Iļja m

1. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Илья́ (Ilʹjá), equivalent to Elijah.

Related terms

• Eliass

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Iļja was the only given name of 3024 persons in Latvia on January 1st 2011, including Russian speakers.