Iliyan ( fa, ایلیان; bg, Илиян) is a
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
and
Bulgarian
Bulgarian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
* Bul ...
form of the male Hebrew name
Eliyahu Eliahu or Eliyahu is a masculine Hebrew given name and surname of biblical origin. It means "My God is Yahweh" and derives from the prophet Elijah who, according to the Bible, lived during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BCE).
People named Elia ...
(Elijah), meaning "My God is
Yahu
Yahweh *''Yahwe'', was the national god of ancient Israel and Judah. The origins of his worship reach at least to the early Iron Age, and likely to the Late Bronze Age if not somewhat earlier, and in the oldest biblical literature he posse ...
/
Jah."
It comes from the
Byzantine Greek
Medieval Greek (also known as Middle Greek, Byzantine Greek, or Romaic) is the stage of the Greek language between the end of classical antiquity in the 5th–6th centuries and the end of the Middle Ages, conventionally dated to the Ottoman co ...
pronunciation of the vocative (Ilía) of the Greek
Elias
Elias is the Greek equivalent of Elijah ( he, אֵלִיָּהוּ ''ʾĒlīyyāhū''; Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ ''Eliyā''; Arabic: الیاس Ilyās/Elyās), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy ...
(Ηλίας, Ilías).
People
*
Iliyan Stefanov, (Bulgarian: Илиян Стефанов; born 20 September 1998) is a Bulgarian footballer
*
Iliyan Mitsanski, (Bulgarian: Илиян Мицански; born 20 December 1985) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a striker
*
Iliyan Boyden, Grandson of
Agha Khan IV
Shāh Karim al-Husayni (born 13 December 1936), known by the religious title Mawlānā Hazar Imam by his Ismaili followers and elsewhere as Aga Khan IV, is the 49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailis, a denomination within Shia Islam. He h ...
See also
*
Ilija (given name) Ilija (Cyrillic script: Илија, ) is a South Slavic male given name, cognate of Ilya/Elijah.
It may refer to:
* Ilija (kefalija), Serbian nobleman of the 14th century
* Ilija Aračić, Croatian football player
* Ilija Arnautović, Slovene a ...
*
Ilias (name) Ilias el, Ηλίας is the Greek version of the name of the Prophet Elijah. It is also commonly spelled Elias.
Notable people with the name include:
* Akhtaruzzaman Ilias (1943–1997), Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer
* Ilias Ali (bo ...
References
{{Given name
Persian masculine given names
Bulgarian masculine given names