Boy name Bulgarian origin Christian Orthodox tradition

Iliya

EE-lee-yah · 5 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
my God is the Lord
Language
Bulgarian
Culture
Hebrew
Religion
Christian Orthodox
Style era
modern
Themes
classic · biblical
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#9305
2024 births8
Peak year2011
First appeared1995
Total US births184
2011 peak19952002201020172024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
IlkoIlcho
Alternate spellings
IliaElijah
In other languages
Elijah (English)Ilya (Russian)Elia (Italian)

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Notable people named Iliya

Iliya Mihaylov (Bulgarian poet)