Ilyas
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning my god is yahweh; form of Elias.
Ilyas by the numbers
In 2025, 276 babies in England and Wales were named Ilyas. In the US, 108 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Elias
Like Ilyas, each of these traces back to Elias: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Eliasthe Lord is my God4,894 in the US (2017)
- Ellisgod is my salvation; a form of Elias582 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eliansun; diminutive of Elias or form of Helios486 in the US (2017)
- Elliagod is my salvation; a form of Elias122 in the US (2017)
- Elisgod is my salvation; a form of Elias or Ellis119 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eliyasmy god is Yahweh; a form of Elias27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elliasmy god is yahweh; variant of Elias14 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ilyas. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Iliasfrom troy; greek form of Elijah14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ilyamy God is Yahweh; Russian form of Elijah13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ilyaasmy god is Yahweh; a form of Elias25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ilyassmy god is yahweh; form of Elias3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ilyesmy god is yahweh; form of Elias6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Illyasa form of Elijah4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Ilyas
Names that are said the same way as Ilyas, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Illiasmy god is yahweh; variant of Elias18 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Ilyas, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Ilyas
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