Ilya 955431 224006202 2008-07-06T22:25:24Z Canglesea 4789991 Repairing link to disambiguation page [[Kurdish]] - [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links|You can help!]] {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Ilya | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = | meaning = "My god is He" (Russian meaning) or "great or glorious" (Kurdish meaning) | region = | origin = [[Russian-language]] or alternatively [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]] | related names = [[Elijah]], '''Ilya''', '''Iliya''', '''Ilja''', '''Ilyusha''', '''Ilyushenka''', '''Ilyich''', '''Ilyinichna''' or '''Ilia''' | footnotes = }} '''Ilya''', '''Iliya''', '''Ilja''', or '''Ilia''' is the [[Russian-language]] form of the male name [[Elijah]], meaning "My god is He". 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 is also a Kurdish name meaning great and glorious. == Famous namesakes == ===Mythical/biblical figures=== *[[Ilya Muromets]], Russian folk hero *[[Elijah]], a Hebrew prophet of the ninth century BC *[[Elias]], another name for the prophet Elijah (St Ilya in Russian) ===Real people=== *[[Ilya Ilf]], Russian author of ''Twelve Chairs'' and the ''Golden Calf'' *[[Ilya Bryzgalov]], ice hockey player *[[Ilya Prigogine]], Nobel Prize-winning physicist *[[Ilya Mechnikov]], Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist *[[Ilya Yefimovich Repin]], Russian painter *[[Ilya Ehrenburg]], Russian writer and Soviet cultural ambassador *[[Ilya Kovalchuk]], ice hockey player *[[Ilya Ulyanov]], father of Soviet revolutionary Vladimir Lenin *[[Ilya Tchaikovsky]], father of composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky *[[Ilya Salkind]], movie producer *[[Ilya Kogan]], Famous debt advisor ===Fictional characters=== *[[Illyasviel von Einzbern]], a character in ''Fate/stay night'' *[[Illya Kuryakin]], a character in ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' == Music == *[[Ilya (Bristol band)]], from Bristol == Related == * [[Branch]], in East African languages * "There is" (''il y a''), in French {{disambig}} [[Category:Given names]] [[Category:Russian given names]] [[de:Ilja]] [[es:Ilya]] [[ja:イリヤ]] [[ru:Илья]]