Ilya

Ilya, Illia, Illya, Iliya, Il'ja, Ilija, or Ilia (Russian: Илья́, romanized: Il'ja or Russian: Илия́, romanized: Ilija ; Ukrainian: Ілля́, romanized: Illja ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Elijah), meaning 'My God is Yahu/Jah''. It comes from the Byzantine Greek pronunciation of the vocative (Elia) of the Greek Elias (Ηλίας). It is pronounced with stress on the second syllable. The diminutive form is Ilyusha or Ilyushenka. The Russian patronymic for a son of Ilya is 'Ilyich', and a daughter is 'Ilyinichna'. Ilya, Illia, Illya, Iliya, Il'ja, Ilija, or Ilia (Russian: Илья́, romanized: Il'ja or Russian: Илия́, romanized: Ilija ; Ukrainian: Ілля́, romanized: Illja ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Elijah), meaning 'My God is Yahu/Jah''. It comes from the Byzantine Greek pronunciation of the vocative (Elia) of the Greek Elias (Ηλίας). It is pronounced with stress on the second syllable. The diminutive form is Ilyusha or Ilyushenka. The Russian patronymic for a son of Ilya is 'Ilyich', and a daughter is 'Ilyinichna'. (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'),