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Ilya, Iliya, Ilia,
Ilja Ilja is a given name and surname. The given name is cognate to Ilya. Notable people with the given name include: *Ilja Bereznickas (born 1948), Lithuanian animator, illustrator, scriptwriter and caricaturist *Ilja Bergh (1927–2015), Danish pia ...
, or Ilija (russian: Илья́, Il'ja, , or russian: Илия́, Ilija, ; uk, Ілля́, Illia, ; be, Ілья́, Iĺja ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), 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). It is pronounced with stress on the second syllable. The diminutive form is Iliusha or Iliushen'ka. The Russian
patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...
for a son of Ilya is " Ilyich", and a daughter is "Ilyinichna".


People with the name


Real people

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Ilya (Archbishop of Novgorod) Ilya of Novgorod, also known as Ioann (John) of Novgorod (russian: Иоанн Новгородский, his name upon entering the Great Schema and the name by which he is known in Russian Orthodox hagiography), was Archbishop of Novgorod from 1165 ...
, 12th-century Russian Orthodox cleric and saint * Ilya Ivanovitch Alekseyev (1772–1830), commander of the Russian Imperial Army *
Ilya Borok Ilya Grigorievich Borok (russian: Илья Григорьевич Борок, born 10 August 1993) is a Russian jiujitsu fighter. Borok has won many major tournaments in jiujitsu, including the World Championships, the World Games, the World Com ...
(born 1993), Russian jiujitsu fighter *
Ilya Bryzgalov Ilya Nikolayevich Bryzgalov (; russian: Илья Николаевич Брызгалов; born 22 June 1980) is a Russian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Anaheim Ducks, Phoenix Co ...
(born 1980), Russian ice hockey goalie *
Ilya Ehrenburg Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg (russian: link=no, Илья́ Григо́рьевич Эренбу́рг, ; – August 31, 1967) was a Soviet writer, revolutionary, journalist and historian. Ehrenburg was among the most prolific and notable autho ...
(1891–1967), Russian writer and Soviet cultural ambassador *
Ilya Glazunov Ilya Sergeyevich Glazunov (russian: Илья́ Серге́евич Глазуно́в; 10 June 1930 – 9 July 2017) was a Soviet and Russian artist from Saint Petersburg. He was the founder of the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Arc ...
(1930–2017), Russian painter *
Ilya Gringolts Ilya Gringolts (russian: Илья́ Алекса́ндрович Гринго́льц ''Il′já Aleksándrovič Gringól′c'') born 2 July 1982 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) is a Russian violinist and composer. Gringolts studied violin in S ...
(born 1982), violinist *
Ilya Grubert Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, or Ilija (russian: Илья́, Il'ja, , or russian: Илия́, Ilija, ; uk, Ілля́, Illia, ; be, Ілья́, Iĺja ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/ Jah ...
(born 1954), violinist *
Ilya Ilf Ilya Arnoldovich Ilf (born Iehiel-Leyb Aryevich Faynzilberg, russian: Иехи́ел-Лейб Арьевич Фа́йнзильберг) ( in Odessa – 13 April 1937, Moscow), was a popular Soviet journalist and writer of Jewish origin who us ...
(1897–1937), Russian author of ''Twelve Chairs'' and the ''Golden Calf'' *
Ilya Ilyin Ilya Aleksandrovich Ilyin (russian: Илья Александрович Ильин; born 24 May 1988) is a retired Kazakhstani weightlifter who won four world championships. On 12 December, 2015 at the President's Cup in Grozny, Russia, Ilyin s ...
(born 1988), Kazakhstani Olympic weightlifter *
Ilya Ivashka Ilya Uladzimiravich Ivashka ( be, Ілья Уладзіміравіч Івашка; russian: Илья Владимирович Ивашко; born 24 February 1994) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Ivashka has a career-high singles ran ...
(born 1994), Belarusian tennis player *
Ilya Kabakov Ilya Iosifovich Kabakov (Russian: Илья́ Ио́сифович Кабако́в; born September 30, 1933), is a Russian–American conceptual artist, born in Dnipropetrovsk in what was then the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. He worked ...
(born 1933), Russian-American conceptual artist of Jewish origin *
Ilya Kaler Ilya Kaler (born June 2, 1963) is a Russian-born violinist. Born and educated in Moscow, Kaler is the only person to have won Gold Medals at all three of the International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow, 1986); the Sibelius (Helsinki, 1985); an ...
(born 1963), violinist *
Ilya Kaminsky Ilya Kaminsky (born April 18, 1977) is a hard-of-hearing, USSR-born, Ukrainian-Russian-Jewish-American poet, critic, translator and professor. He is best known for his poetry collections ''Dancing in Odesa'' and ''Deaf Republic'', which have earn ...
(born 1977), Ukrainian-American-Jewish poet *
Ilya Kovalchuk Ilya Valeryevich Kovalchuk (russian: Илья Валерьевич Ковальчук; born 15 April 1983) is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger. He played for the Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings, Montrea ...
(born 1983), Russian ice hockey winger in the KHL and formerly the NHL for the Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, L.A. Kings and Washington Capitals *
Ilya Kuvshinov Ilya Kuvshinov (born 20 February 1990) is a Russian illustrator who created the character designs for '' Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045'' and ''The Wonderland'' (2019). Early life He is popular on Instagram, where he had 2 million followers as o ...
(born 1990), animator *
Ilya Lagutenko Ilya Igorevich Lagutenko (russian: Илья́ И́горевич Лагуте́нко; born 16 October 1968) is the founder and lead singer of the rock band Mumiy Troll. Career He was born in Moscow, Soviet Union. Soon after his birth his fat ...
(born 1968), lead singer of the Russian rock band Mumiy Troll *
Ilya Lobanov Ilya Lobanov (born 1 December 1996) is a Kazakhstani ice hockey defenceman playing for Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХ ...
(born 1996), Kazakhstani ice hockey player *
Ilya Espino de Marotta Ilya R. Espino de Marotta is an engineer best known for leading the Panama Canal expansion project, Panama Canal Expansion Project as Executive Vice President for Engineering in the Panama Canal Authority. Espino de Marotta was appointed to the ...
, Marine engineer and leader of the Panama Canal Expansion Project *
Ilya Mechnikov Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, or Ilija (russian: Илья́, Il'ja, , or russian: Илия́, Ilija, ; uk, Ілля́, Illia, ; be, Ілья́, Iĺja ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/Jah." ...
(1845–1916), Russian Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist *
Ilya Petrov Ilya Alekseyevich Petrov (russian: Илья Алексеевич Петров; born 27 June 1995) is a Russian football player. He plays for FC SKA-Khabarovsk. Club career He made his professional debut in the Russian Football National League ...
(born 1995), Russian footballer *
Ilya Prigogine Viscount Ilya Romanovich Prigogine (; russian: Илья́ Рома́нович Приго́жин; 28 May 2003) was a physical chemist and Nobel laureate noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility. Biogra ...
(1917–2003), physical chemist and Nobel Prize-winning physicist *
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro (Hebrew: איליה פיאטצקי-שפירו; russian: Илья́ Ио́сифович Пяте́цкий-Шапи́ро; 30 March 1929 – 21 February 2009) was a Soviet-born Israeli mathematician. During a career that sp ...
(1929–2009), Russian-Jewish-Israeli mathematician *
Ilya Yashin Ilya Valeryevich Yashin (russian: Илья́ Вале́рьевич Я́шин; born 29 June 1983) is a Russian opposition politician who led the PARNAS party from 2012 to 2016, and then its Moscow branch. He was also head of the Moscow munici ...
(born 1983), Russian political figure *
Ilya Yefimovich Repin Ilya Yefimovich Repin (russian: Илья Ефимович Репин, translit=Il'ya Yefimovich Repin, p=ˈrʲepʲɪn); fi, Ilja Jefimovitš Repin ( – 29 September 1930) was a Russian painter, born in what is now Ukraine. He became one of the ...
(1844–1930), Russian painter *
Ilya Salkind Ilya Juan Salkind Domínguez (; born July 27, 1947), usually known as Ilya Salkind, is a Mexican film and television producer, known for his contributions to three of the four live-action Superman films of the 1970s and 1980s alongside his fat ...
(born 1947), movie producer *
Ilya Salmanzadeh Ilya Salmanzadeh (; born 19 September 1986 in Stockholm), known mononymously as ILYA, is a Swedish-Persian songwriter, producer and singer. He rose to prominence outside of Sweden after co-writing and producing Ariana Grande's " Problem" and Je ...
(born 1986), Persian-Swedish music producer *
Ilya Samsonov Ilya Alexeyevich Samsonov (, russian: Илья Алексеевич Самсонов; born 22 February 1997) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Growing up in Magnitog ...
(born 1997), a Russian goaltender for the Washington Capitals * Ilya Sorokin (born 1995), a Russian goaltender for the New York Islanders * Ilya Strebulaev, Russian-American financial economist *
Ilya Sutskever Ilya Sutskever is a computer scientist working in machine learning, who co-founded and serves as Chief Scientist of OpenAI. He has made several major contributions to the field of deep learning. He is the co-inventor, with Alex Krizhevsky and Ge ...
, computer scientist *
Ilya Tsipursky Ilya Lazarevich Tsipursky (; 26 August 1934 – 3 August 2022) was a Soviet judoka and sambist. He participated at the 1964 European Judo Championships, being awarded the silver medal in the amateurs's 80 kg event. He was in the middleweight c ...
(1934–2022), Soviet judoka and sambist *
Ilya Ulyanov Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov (russian: Илья Николаевич Ульянов; – ) was a Russian public figure in the field of public education. He was the father of revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, who became a Bolshevik leader and founder of ...
(1831–1886), father of Soviet revolutionary Vladimir Lenin *
Ilya Zhitomirskiy Ilya Zhitomirskiy (12 October 1989 – 12 November 2011) was a Russian-American software developer and entrepreneur. Zhitomirskiy was a co-founder and developer of the Diaspora social network and the Diaspora free software that powers it. Biog ...
(1989–2011), Russian-American founder of Diaspora *
Ilya Serov Ilya Serov (born November 8, 1986) is an American trumpeter and singer. Ilya Serov is a Los Angeles-based jazz trumpet player and singer. Serov released his first album, ''September In The Rain'', in December 2013. Serov was named Best New Artis ...
(born 1986), Russian-American trumpeter and singer * Ilya Dzhirkvelov (born 1927), author and KGB defector


Religious figures

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Ilya Muromets Ilya Muromets (russian: Илья Муромец), or Ilya of Murom, sometimes Ilya Murometz, is one of the ''bogatyrs'' (epic knights) in Bylinas of Kievan Rus. He is often featured alongside fellow bogatyrs Dobrynya Nikitich and Alyosha Pop ...
, Orthodox monastic saint, Russian folk hero *
Elijah Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) was, according to the Books of ...
, a Hebrew prophet of the ninth century BCE, known in Russian as Iliya the Prophet (''Илия́ Проро́к'') *
Ali ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...
or Eli (Arabic name), a cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the first Imam of shiahs. (There is a quote from Imam Ali "I am called Elya / Alya among Jews, Elia among Christians, Ali for my father, and Haydar for my mother".)Allameh Amini, ''Alghadir'', Vol. 7, p. 78.


Fictional characters

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Ilya Pasternak is a 2007 Arcade game, arcade-style Combat flight simulation game, combat flight simulation video game developed by Project Aces and published by Namco Bandai Games exclusively for the Xbox 360. It is the seventh entry in the ''Ace Combat'' franc ...
, fictional character from the video game ''Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation'' *
Illya Kuryakin Illya Kuryakin is a fictional character from the 1960s TV spy series ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' He is a secret agent with a range of weapons and explosives skills, and is described in the series as holding a Master's degree from the University ...
, a main character in the TV show ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' *
Ilya Tretiak ''The Saint'' is a 1997 American thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce, written by Jonathan Hensleigh and Wesley Strick, and starring Val Kilmer in the title role, with Elisabeth Shue and Rade Šerbedžija. The plot of the film revolves around ...
, a character in the 1997 film ''The Saint'' *Ilya in the book ''
Letters from Rifka ''Letters From Rifka'' is a children's historical novel by Karen Hesse, published by Holt in 1992. It features a Jewish family's emigration from Russia in 1919, to Belgium and ultimately to the U.S., from the perspective of daughter Rifka, based ...
'' *Ilya, a character in the book and film adaption ''
Heaven Knows What ''Heaven Knows What'' is a 2014 psychological drama film directed by Ben and Joshua Safdie and written by Ronald Bronstein and Joshua Safdie. The film stars Arielle Holmes, Buddy Duress, Ron Braunstein, Eleonore Hendricks, Caleb Landry Jone ...
'' *Ilya Afanasyevich Shamrayev, a character in Anton Chekhov's ''
The Seagull ''The Seagull'' ( rus, Ча́йка, r=Cháyka, links=no) is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises t ...
'' *Ilya Stepanovich Igolkin, a character in Vladimir Obruchev's '' Plutonia'' *Ilya (Ilyusha) Snegiryov, a character in Fyodor Dostoevsky's ''
The Brothers Karamazov ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (russian: Братья Карамазовы, ''Brat'ya Karamazovy'', ), also translated as ''The Karamazov Brothers'', is the last novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing '' ...
'' *Ilya, Also known as Julian Devorak, plague doctor from "The Arcana" *
Illyasviel von Einzbern The Japanese adult visual novel ''Fate/stay night'' features a number of characters created by Type-Moon, some of whom are classified as Servants with special combat abilities. The characters listed have appeared mainly in two anime televisio ...
, a character in ''Fate'' series by Type-Moon


See also

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Elia (disambiguation) Elia is a name which may be a variant of the names Elias, Elijah, Eli or Eliahu, and may refer to: People * Aelia (gens) or Elia, a ''gens'' of Ancient Rome Mononymic * Elia or Elijah, a biblical prophet * Elia, a pen-name of Charles Lamb First ...
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Eli Eli most commonly refers to: * Eli (name), a given name, nickname and surname * Eli (biblical figure) Eli or ELI may also refer to: Film * ''Eli'' (2015 film), a Tamil film * ''Eli'' (2019 film), an American horror film Music * ''Eli'' (Jan ...
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Ilyin Ilyin or Ilin (russian: Ильин) is a Russian masculine surname that is derived from the male given name Ilya and literally means ''Ilya's''. its feminine counterpart is Ilyina or Ilina. It may refer to * Aleksandr Ilyin (disambiguation), sever ...
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Ilyinka Ilyinka (russian: Ильинка) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities Altai Krai As of 2012, two rural localities in Altai Krai bear this name: * Ilyinka, Shelabolikhinsky District, Altai Krai, a '' selo'' i ...
* Ilyinsky (disambiguation) *
Ilyino Ilyino may refer to: * Ilyino, Bryansk Oblast, a village in Bryansk Oblast, Russia * Ilyino, Kalininsky District, Tver Oblast, name of two villages in Kablukovskoye Rural Settlement of Kalininsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia * Ilyino, Kimrsky Di ...


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