Ilya
A unisex name of Hebrew origin, meaning my God is Yahweh; Russian form of Elijah.
Ilya by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Ilya. In the US, 38 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 42 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Elijah
Like Ilya, each of these traces back to Elijah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Elliottbright fame; a form of Elijah2,996 in the US (2017)
- Elliotbright fame; a form of Elijah544 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alijahmy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah676 in the US (2017)
- Eliamy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah255 in the US (2017)
- Eliotgod is my god; a form of Elijah205 in the US (2017)
- Eliyahmy god is yahweh; variant of Elijah19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eliahmy god is yahweh; a form of Elijah70 in the US (2017)
- Elyjahmy God is Yahweh; a modern respelling of Elijah67 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ilya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Iliafrom troy or trojan; a form of Ilias35 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ilya
Names that are said the same way as Ilya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean God
Like Ilya, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Ilya
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