Ilya

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Ilya, Iliya, Ilja, or Ilia is the Russian language form of the male name Elijah, meaning "My god is Him" . It is pronounced with stress on the second syllable. The diminutive form is Ilyusha or Ilyushenka.

The Russian Paternal middle name of a male child of Ilya is "Illyich", and the feminine is "Ilyinichna."

Ilya is also a Kurdish name meaning great and glorious.

[edit] Famous namesakes

• Ilya Muromets - Russian Folk Hero.
• Elijah - a Hebrew prophet of the 9th century BC.
• Elias - another name for the prophet Elijah (also known as Saint Ilya in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church).
• Ilya Ilf - Russian writer of "Twelve Chairs" and the "Golden Calf."
• Ilya Prigogine - Famous Physicist and Nobel Prize Winner.
• Ilya Mechnikov - microbiologist, Nobel Prize winner.
• Ilya Yefimovich Repin - Famous Russian Painter.
• Ilya Ehrenburg - Russian Writer and personal friend of Ernest Hemingway; cultural ambassador of Stalinist Russia.
• Ilya Kovalchuk - a professional ice hockey left wing in the NHL who plays for the Atlanta Thrashers.
• Ilya Ulyanov - Father of Vladimir Lenin; a famous Communist Revolutionary and founder of the USSR.
• Ilya Tchaikovsky - Father of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky; a famous Russian ballet composer.

[edit] Related

It may also refer to the East African word for Branch "Ilya", or the French "Il y a" meaning "there is".

Ilya is the short name of Illyasviel von Einzbern, a character in Fate/stay night.

[edit] Music bands

ILYA is an alternative rock band from San Diego. Note that this band spells its name with all capital letters.

Ilya (known as San Ilya outside their native UK) is a trip-hop band from Bristol. Note that they are not the same band as the ILYA mentioned above.