Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, Ilija, or Illia ( , or ; ; ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is

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pronunciation of the vocative (Ilía) of the Greek Elias (Ηλίας, Ilías). It is pronounced with stress on the second syllable. The diminutive form is Iliusha or Iliushen'ka. The Russian

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for a son of Ilya is " Ilyich", and a daughter is "Ilyinichna".

People with the name

Real people

* Ilya (Archbishop of Novgorod), 12th-century Russian Orthodox cleric and saint * Ilya Ivanovitch Alekseyev (1772–1830), commander of the Russian Imperial Army * Ilya Borok (born 1993), Russian jiujitsu fighter * Ilya Bryzgalov (born 1980), Russian ice hockey goalie * Ilya Dzhirkvelov (1927–2006), author and KGB defector * Ilya Ehrenburg (1891–1967), Russian writer and Soviet cultural ambassador * Ilya Frank (1908–1990), Russian physicist * Ilya Glazunov (1930–2017), Russian painter * Ilya Gringolts (born 1982), violinist * Ilya Grubert (born 1954), violinist * Ilya Ilf (1897–1937), Russian author of ''Twelve Chairs'' and the ''Golden Calf'' * Ilya Ilyin (born 1988), Kazakhstani Olympic weightlifter * Ilya Ivashka (born 1994), Belarusian tennis player * Ilya Kabakov (1933–2023), Russian-American conceptual artist of Jewish origin * Ilya Kaler (born 1963), violinist * Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977), Ukrainian-American-Jewish poet * Ilya Kharun (born 2005), Canadian swimmer *

Ilya Kovalchuk Ilya Valeryevich Kovalchuk (; born 15 April 1983) is a Russian former professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), winger. He played for the Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, and Washington Capitals in ...

(born 1983), Russian ice hockey winger in the KHL, formerly for the Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, L.A. Kings and Washington Capitals of the NHL * Ilya Kuvshinov (born 1990), Russian animator * Ilya Lagutenko (born 1968), lead singer of the Russian rock band Mumiy Troll * Ilya Lobanov (born 1996), Kazakhstani ice hockey player * Ilia Malinin (born 2004), American figure skater, first person to land a quadruple axel * Ilya Espino de Marotta, Marine engineer and leader of the Panama Canal Expansion Project * Ilya Mechnikov (1845–1916), Russian Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist * Ilya Oberyshyn (1921-2007), Ukrainian insurgent * Ilya Osipov (born 2005), nicknamed "m0NESY", Russian professional ''Counter-Strike 2'' player for Team Falcons * Ilya Petrov (born 1995), Russian footballer * Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro (1929–2009), Russian-Jewish-Israeli mathematician *

Ilya Prigogine Viscount Ilya Romanovich Prigogine (; ; 28 May 2003) was a Belgian physical chemist of Russian-Jewish origin, noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility. Prigogine's work most notably earned him the 19 ...

(1917–2003), physical chemist and Nobel Prize-winning physicist * Ilya Prusikin (born 1985), Russian musician, singer, record producer, vlogger, video director and screenwriter *

Ilya Repin Ilya Yefimovich Repin ( – 29 September 1930) was a Russian painter, born in what is today Ukraine. He became one of the most renowned artists in Russian Empire, Russia in the 19th century. His major works include ''Barge Haulers on the Volga' ...

(1844–1930), Russian painter * Ilya Salkind (born 1947), movie producer * Ilya Salmanzadeh (born 1986), Persian-Swedish music producer * Ilya Samsonov (born 1997), a Russian goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs, formerly Washington Capitals * Ilya Serov (born 1986), Russian-American trumpeter and singer * Ilya Sorokin (born 1995), a Russian goaltender for the New York Islanders * Ilya Strebulaev, Russian-American financial economist * Ilya Sutskever, computer scientist, co-founder and former chief scientist of OpenAI * Ilia Topuria (born 1997), Spanish-Georgian mixed martial artist * Ilya Tsipursky (1934–2022), Soviet judoka and sambist * Ilya Ulyanov (1831–1886), father of Soviet revolutionary Vladimir Lenin * Ilya Yashin (born 1983), Russian political figure * Ilya Zhitomirskiy (1989–2011), Russian-American founder of Diaspora

Religious figures

* Ilya Muromets, Orthodox monastic saint, Russian folk hero * Elijah, a Hebrew prophet of the ninth century BCE, known in Russian as Iliya the Prophet (''Илия́ Проро́к'') * Ali 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

* Illya Kuryakin, a main character in the TV show ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' * Ilya Pasternak, fictional character from the video game ''Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation'' * Ilya Tretiak, a character in the 1997 film ''The Saint'' *Ilya in the book '' Letters from Rifka'' *Ilya, a character in the book and film adaption '' Heaven Knows What'' *Ilya Afanasyevich Shamrayev, a character in Anton Chekhov's ''

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'' *Ilya Stepanovich Igolkin, a character in Vladimir Obruchev's '' Plutonia'' *Ilya (Ilyusha) Snegiryov, a character in Fyodor Dostoevsky's '' The Brothers Karamazov'' * Illyasviel von Einzbern, a character in ''Fate'' series by Type-Moon

Music

* Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas

References