Meaning, origin and history of the name Ilija

Gender Masculine

Scripts Илија(Macedonian, Serbian) Илия(Bulgarian)

Meaning & History

Macedonian, Serbian and Croatian form of Elijah, and an alternate transcription of Bulgarian Илия (see Iliya).

VariantsIlia, Iliya(Bulgarian)

DiminutiveIle(Macedonian)

Feminine FormsIlina, Ilinka(Macedonian) Ilinka(Serbian) Ilinka(Croatian) Iliana, Ilina, Iliyana(Bulgarian)

Other Languages & CulturesElias(Amharic) Ilyas(Arabic) Ilyes(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Ilia, Ilya(Belarusian) Elijah(Biblical) Elias, Eliou(Biblical Greek) Eliyyahu(Biblical Hebrew) Elias, Helias(Biblical Latin) Eliáš, Ilja(Czech) Elias(Danish) Elias, Elian(Dutch) Elias, Elijah, Alijah(English) Ilja(Estonian) Eelis, Elias, Eljas(Finnish) Élie(French) Ilia(Georgian) Elias(German) Elias, Ilias(Greek) Elijah, Eliya, Eliyahu(Hebrew) Illés, Éliás(Hungarian) Elías(Icelandic) Elia(Italian) Ilja, Elijas(Lithuanian) Elis(Medieval English) Elias(Norwegian) Eliasz(Polish) Elias(Portuguese) Ilie(Romanian) Ilia, Ilja, Ilya(Russian) Elías(Spanish) Elias, Elis, Lias(Swedish) İlyas(Turkish) Illya(Ukrainian)

Surname DescendantsIlić(Croatian) Ilić(Serbian)

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